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y separately published work icon Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb selected work   poetry   drama   extract   war literature   satire  
Note: Selected, edited and annotated by Michael Griffith and James A. McGlade.
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Cap and Bells : The Poetry of Francis Webb
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Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Vase Painteri"Old grey-headed painter, why do you moon", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
At Twofold Bayi"The football bus hammers the final mile", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
The Hulks at Noumeai"Traveller, pocketed in running whorls,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Disaster Bayi"Seventy-six lives foundered on this corner of the coast,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 24-35)
'From Our Roving Reporter'i"Well, friends, after a very trying fortnight", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 39-41)
A Drum for Ben Boyd, Francis Webb , sequence poetry (p. 39-54)
Author's prologue : A Drum for Ben Boyd, Part Two Author's Prologuei"Light quakes over the city, contracts, drives on:", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 42-43)
Untitledi"1842. An immense shaking of the sun", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 43-44)
A Boat Builderi"I, Jan Strindberg, boat-builder from Vossvangen,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 44-45)
Journalisti"A new ship's in, dirt-cheap at sixpence per line,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 45)
Untitledi"Ringed with a million sterling, the name of Boyd", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
Sir Oswald Brierlyi"You will not find me lurking in the shadows", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 46-47)
A Whaleri"A dressed-up ape with a patronising stick", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 47-48)
A Papuan Shepherdi"Through the thick morning steam they took shape,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 48)
Untitledi"Brierly dreams of a studio,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 49)
Politiciani"This is a good man for a colony like ours,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 49-50)
A Pioneer of Monaroi"I have loved two things deeply: the earth and silence,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 50-51)
Untitledi"After the groups at corners, the upraised fist,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 51)
The Captain of the Oberoni"I had never before held death, pale and polished, in my hands,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 52-53)
John Websteri"Perhaps I foresaw the future of this last voyage,", Francis Webb , single work poetry (p. 53-54)
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