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Issue Details: First known date: 1930... 1930 The Wild Swan : Poems
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Notes

  • Dedication: In memory of my father, followed by and epigraph 'I have known many men, and many men.....'
  • The collection is divided into three parts entitled: 'Book I - The Woman of Five Fields'; 'Book II - Of Beauty that is Praise'; 'Book III - As the Ways Descend'.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Robertson and Mullens , 1930 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Dedicatoryi"I have known many men, and many men", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. n.p.)
The Argosyi"Mark now this argosy which I set sail,", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 3)
The Black Swansi"O ye wild swans, that from your watery element", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 4)
The White Swani"Once a child waking heard the beat of those great wings,", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 4)
A Song of Swans, Mary Gilmore , sequence poetry (p. 4-5)
The Murrumbidgee Heardi"O ye wild swans the Murrumbidgee yearning heard, afar,", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 5)
Never Againi"Never again as of old shall we know the flight", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 5)
The Trumpeteri"Dulled is the glossy breast, heavy the wing;", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
The Flight of the Swansi"Long, long ago I stood amid the thundrous rout", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 8-9)
Three Swans Went Byi"Whither, ye wanderers in the heights your wings still dare,", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 10)
Swans at Nighti"Within the night, above the dark,", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 11-13)
The Mopokei"I heard the hautbois of the solitude", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 14)
The First Thrushi"Though leaves have fallen long since,", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
The Green-Leeki"Thou wast a leaf,", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 17)
The Godwiti"So far it flew", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 18)
Swiftsi"Who has declared to them their powers,", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
The Soldier-Birdi"How oft we stalked a leaf and thought it you,", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Peeweei"When the dawn awakes, and the morning breaks,", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 22)
The Spoonbilli"Where yonder brooding spoonbill stands,", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 23)
The Ibisi"All day he watched within the reedy flood,", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 24-25)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Mary Gilmore: A Feminine World Expanding Outward Ann Vickery , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007; (p. 18-51)
Romanticism, Aboriginality and National Identity: The Poetry and Prose of Mary Gilmore Kosmas Tsokhas , 1998 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , October vol. 29 no. 111 1998; (p. 230-247)
White Steps on the Way to the International Year of Indigenous People: The Difficulties and Lines of Flight of Mary Gilmore Barbara Holloway , 1993 single work criticism
— Appears in: Span , December no. 37 1993; (p. 93-107)
Stubborn Singers of Their Full Song : Mary Gilmore and Lesbia Harford Jennifer Strauss , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Time to Write : Australian Women Writers 1890-1930 1993; (p. 108-138)
The Poetry of Mary Gilmore : The Wild Swan and Other Verse I. M. Foster , 1930 single work review
— Appears in: Desiderata , 1 November no. 6 1930; (p. 18-24)

— Review of The Wild Swan : Poems Mary Gilmore , 1930 selected work poetry
Mary Gilmore's New Poems Nettie Palmer , 1930 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 15 September vol. 2 no. 9 1930; (p. 235-236)

— Review of The Wild Swan : Poems Mary Gilmore , 1930 selected work poetry
Australian Books of 1930 Nettie Palmer , 1930 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 5 December vol. 2 no. 12 1930; (p. 307-310)

— Review of The Gully and Other Verses Furnley Maurice , 1929 selected work poetry ; The Wild Swan : Poems Mary Gilmore , 1930 selected work poetry ; Queensland Poets Henry Arthur Kellow , 1930 single work criticism ; The Fortunes of Richard Mahony : Comprising Australia Felix, The Way Home, Ultima Thule Henry Handel Richardson , 1930 selected work novel ; Ten Creeks Run : A Tale of the Horse and Cattle Stations of the Murrumbidgee Brent of Bin Bin , 1930 single work novel ; Men Are Human Vance Palmer , 1930 single work novel ; Haxby's Circus : The Lightest, Brightest Little Show on Earth Katharine Susannah Prichard , 1930 single work novel ; Redheap Norman Lindsay , 1930 single work novel ; The Difficult Art Georgia Rivers , 1930 single work novel ; Negrohead Roy Bridges , 1929 single work novel ; Earth Battle Dorothy Cottrell , 1930 single work novel ; Huon Belle : A Novel Isabel Dick , 1930 single work novel ; Only the Morning John Dalley , 1930 single work novel ; An Outline of Australian Literature H. M. Green , 1930 single work criticism ; Souvenirs d'une Parisienne aux Antipodes Marie Rousselet Niau , 1930 single work autobiography ; Knocking Round J. Le Gay Brereton , 1930 selected work criticism biography autobiography prose essay short story ; The Kitchen Table : A Play in One Act Vida Lenox , 1930 single work drama
[Review] The Wild Swan 1930 single work review
— Appears in: The Daily Mail , 20 September 1930; (p. 16)

— Review of The Wild Swan : Poems Mary Gilmore , 1930 selected work poetry
The Wild Swan 1930 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 20 September no. 28927 1930; (p. 8)

— Review of The Wild Swan : Poems Mary Gilmore , 1930 selected work poetry
Mary Gilmore's Poems 1930 single work review
— Appears in: The Brisbane Courier , 20 September 1930; (p. 20)

— Review of The Wild Swan : Poems Mary Gilmore , 1930 selected work poetry
A Reader's Notebook Nettie Palmer , 1930 single work review
— Appears in: All About Books , 19 April vol. 2 no. 4 1930; (p. 91-92)
In addition to her reviews Palmer comments at length on the re-issue of many war books and the success of London-based Queensland publishers Lindsay, Partridge and P.R. Stephenson.
Best Sellers; and Why 1930 single work column
— Appears in: All About Books , 18 August vol. 2 no. 8 1930; (p. 218)
A short column on the best sellers in the Australian book market of 1930. Highlighted are two books by Australian authors - Mary Gilmore's The Wild Swan : Poems and Vance Palmer's Men Are Human. A list is included of Best Sellers in England, Best Sellers in the U.S.A. and the A.B.A.N.Z. List of the best selling general literature, novels of literary merit and novels for popular reading in the Australian and New Zealand market.
Australian Literature Society [Meeting Report] 1930 single work column
— Appears in: All About Books , 17 October vol. 2 no. 10 1930; (p. 250)
Brief report of the September meeting of the Society. Lavater reviewed The Wild Swan and Knocking Round, Hayball reviewed The Book of Beauty and McKellar The Singing Gold. Leckie's motion to appoint a sub-committee to 'establish a standard' for Australian literature was sent to committee.
Mary Gilmore: A Feminine World Expanding Outward Ann Vickery , 2007 single work criticism
— Appears in: Stressing the Modern : Cultural Politics in Australian Women's Poetry 2007; (p. 18-51)
Stubborn Singers of Their Full Song : Mary Gilmore and Lesbia Harford Jennifer Strauss , 1993 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Time to Write : Australian Women Writers 1890-1930 1993; (p. 108-138)
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