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Notes
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Dedication: To M. U.
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Epigraph: If I have ever struck a note, Of gentle thought or softer tone; It is because the thought of you Has never left me quite alone. And grateful for that influence sweet, Through all these long and toilsome times; While we were fated not to meet, I now subscribe to you these rhymes.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Brisbane,
Queensland,:Gordon and Gotch
, 1891 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Carpentaria to Leichhardti"Though, honoured lost one, on thy deafened ear", single work poetry (p. 5)
- The Night Watchi"The 'boss' has turned in and is fast asleep,", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- Told by the Camp Firei"'Poor Blacks!' you was saying, was you?", single work poetry (p. 8-12)
- A Bush Casabiancai"All night the fire had raged,", single work poetry (p. 13-15)
- Sunrisei"Night! beautiful, and still! and all around", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Eventidei"A mellow softening of the summer sky,", single work poetry (p. 17)
- An Old Legendi"I once perused an ancient scroll,", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Federationi"I hear the tramp of armed men ;", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- Chauson D'Amouri"Shall I forget? Not while life's breath", single work poetry (p. 21)
- The Maiden and the Floweri"She walked within a pleasant garden plot", single work poetry (p. 22)
- A Birthday Messagei"Pleasant are Austral's forest glades,", single work poetry (p. 23)
- To Griefi"O grief! wherever love hath laid", single work poetry (p. 24)
- A Twilight Dreami"I dreamed, as I sat in the twilight,", single work poetry (p. 25)
- The Seai"From the days of my youth I have loved the sea,", single work poetry (p. 26)
- Requiescant in Aeternumi"For ever, they shall rest,", single work poetry (p. 27)
- The Light Upon the Seai"I gazed one day from my casement", single work poetry (p. 28)
- At Morn - At Noon - At Evei"I said to my love at the dawning,", single work poetry (p. 29)
- A Requesti"Leave me not here in my solit'ry sorrow", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Courage!i"Troublous is life!", single work poetry (p. 31)
- The Eavesdropperi"Sneaking at night with a felon's tread,", single work poetry (p. 32)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Two New Volumes of Australian Poetry
1892
single work
review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 6 February 1892; (p. 259)
— Review of Camp Canzonettes ; Being Rhymes of the Bush and Other Things 1891 selected work poetry
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Two New Volumes of Australian Poetry
1892
single work
review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 6 February 1892; (p. 259)
— Review of Camp Canzonettes ; Being Rhymes of the Bush and Other Things 1891 selected work poetry
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