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Issue Details: First known date: 1921... 1921 Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy
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Notes

  • A poem in memory of the author's brother, John Zachariah Skyring Cross (1898-1918), who died of illness whilst serving overseas during World War I.
  • The 1921 version of this poem runs to 17 pages. Over the years several extracts have been published in newspapers and anthologies.

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Related Works

Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy i "I would not curse your England, wise as slow,", 1952 extract poetry (Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy)
— Appears in: An Anthology of Australian Verse 1952; (p. 44-46) The Queensland Centenary Anthology 1959; (p. 45-46) An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 2007; (p. 379-381)
From Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy Zora Cross , 1964 extract poetry (Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy)
— Appears in: From the Ballads to Brennan 1964; (p. 256-258)
There Is a Football Match i "There is a football match this sunsweet day", Zora Cross , 1970 extract poetry (Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy)
— Appears in: Bards in the Wilderness : Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920 1970; (p. 220-221) The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia 2001; (p. 160)
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Works about this Work

A Spoonful of Blood Cathy Perkins , 2014 single work biography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 73 no. 4 2014; (p. 18-26)
Poetry in Motion John Harms , Ian Jobling , 1997 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 September 1997; (p. rev 26)
Poetry 1921 single work review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 17 December 1921; (p. 3)
— Review of Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy Zora Cross , 1921 single work poetry ; Around the Boree Log and Other Verses 'John O'Brien' , 1921 selected work poetry ; Alma Venus! and Other Verses Bernard O'Dowd , 1921 selected work poetry
An Australian Elegy L. E. , 1921 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 December vol. 42 no. 2184 1921; (p. 25)
— Review of Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy Zora Cross , 1921 single work poetry
Poetry 1921 single work review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 17 December 1921; (p. 3)
— Review of Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy Zora Cross , 1921 single work poetry ; Around the Boree Log and Other Verses 'John O'Brien' , 1921 selected work poetry ; Alma Venus! and Other Verses Bernard O'Dowd , 1921 selected work poetry
An Australian Elegy L. E. , 1921 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 December vol. 42 no. 2184 1921; (p. 25)
— Review of Elegy on an Australian Schoolboy Zora Cross , 1921 single work poetry
Poetry in Motion John Harms , Ian Jobling , 1997 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 13-14 September 1997; (p. rev 26)
A Spoonful of Blood Cathy Perkins , 2014 single work biography
— Appears in: Meanjin , Summer vol. 73 no. 4 2014; (p. 18-26)
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