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Issue Details: First known date: 1969... 1969 A Counterfeit Silence : Selected Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1969 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Farmer's Talei"Morning by night and evening after noon,", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 3)
Seashells and Sandalwoodi"My childhood was seashells and sandalwood, windmills", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 4)
Sea Childreni"When the sun blew over the hills on the dry east wind", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 5)
Country Childreni"Country children know more than they know;", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 6)
As He Lay Dyingi"As he lay dying, two fat crows", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 7)
The Reclusei"His mind was a long seashore, where the tide", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 8)
The Ship Becalmedi"How long it is since I put out from land", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 9)
Child Portraits, with Background : On Northern Downsi"There was another, living where the sun", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 10)
Child Portraits, with Background : In Southern Foresti"A child was born among sky-scraping trees", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 10)
The Conventional Young Man, at Springtimei"Never and never, oh my lover,", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 11)
"The Language of Flowers" - A Handbook for Victorian Loversi"I sent my love clematis. She, walking white", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 12)
For One Dying : Miss Sutherland MacDonald, 1873-1956i"Now, in that place where all birds cease to sing,", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 13)
Socratic Dialoguei""The body that my love loves, love not I,", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 14)
Before Edeni"I, Lucifer, informed with fire,", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 15)
The First Monarchi"The first great egotist, brass-clad", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 16)
Madame Yuan Ying Disorientedi"My lady of the western room sits tearing", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
Chorale for The Death of Icarusi"But he has wings, and is pursued with light;", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 19)
Rite of Springi"At blade-rise, as she left the parquetry", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 20)
A Fancy for His Deathi"Walking at large in the future of his death", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Ghost at Anlabyi"Now sulkies come haunting softwheeled down the", Randolph Stow , single work poetry (p. 25)
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