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Issue Details: First known date: 1939... 1939 Into the Desert
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Claremont, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Freshwater Bay Press , 1939 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Lost Beautyi"She was a merry maid.", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 34)
Treasure Hoard, 1930-1980:i"One hovea spray I kept; and your dark eyes", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 35)
A Plain Womani"When happy Spring relumes the gardens,", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 36)
In an Old Australian Churchyard:i"Weary, and fain for sight of home", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 37)
A Songi"Droop not, sere frond;", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 38)
A Suicide:i"There came a nameless terror with the dawn;", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 41)
A Harmless Lunatic, Chasing Imaginary Butterflies:i"Sometimes my heart leaps up at the sound of day;", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 42)
The Town:i"Up on the heights the wind was fresh", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 43)
A Drunken Man on Highgate Hill:i"Along the dark wet lanes of golden light", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 44)
Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachyhani:i"God's wounds!", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 45)
Spring:i"The lusting Earth laughs. In the shaggy wood", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 46)
Metrical Exercise in St. Paul's Cathedral:i"Our insides are dirty and dark,", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 47)
Books:i"The scraped and hairless coverings of beasts,", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 48)
News:i""This sort of thing must cease," said Mister Fee-fo-fum, sitting", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 49)
To the Middle-Aged in Springtime:i"If I were middle-aged like you", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry humour (p. 50)
Discontent in the Suburbs:i"Having once walked in that land I am sick with desire.", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 53-55)
The Tree:i"There was a lovely tree upon a little hill.", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 56)
A Book in Lamplight, 2 a.m.:i"This yellow pool is life.", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 57-59)
A Morning Hymni"I rise with Thee.", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 60)
A Sonnet:i"On all the beauty man might ever make", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 61)
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