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Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Selected Poems [1985]
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A revision of Selected Poems, first published by Angus and Robertson in 1975. It incorporates poems from The Lion's Bride, 1981.

Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1985 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Alter Egoi"Who stands beside me still,", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 3-4)
The Wine is Drunki"The wine is drunk, the woman known.", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 4)
In Hospitali"Morning, I dare not stir", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 5)
At the Water's Edge (to Vivian Smith)i"Smooth, reptilian, soaring", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 6)
Anniversaryi"So the light falls, and so it fell", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 7)
Dichterliebei"So hungry-sensitive that he", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 7-8)
Beethoven, 1798 (to Rex Hobcroft)i"He sings, often at night. His voice is shocking.", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 8)
The Old Wife's Talei"Summer, transpose your haunting themes", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
The Glass Jari"A child one summer's evening soaked", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 11-12)
A Postcardi"Snow crusts the boughs' austere entanglement.", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 12-14)
Clair de Lune (Poet to Bluestocking)i"Let us walk with this cone of light", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Calm Dayi"Set in the hills' freshwater green", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 15-16)
Hesperiani""The old philosophy's dead and finished", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Giorgio Morandii"An old man in Bologna stares", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 18)
Daphne Restoredi"Never will flesh and bone ascend", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 19-20)
In Zurich by the Tideless Lakei"In Zurich by the tideless lake", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
`I Am the Captain of My Soul'i"But the Captain is drunk, and the crew", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
A Casei"Uprights undid her: spires and trees.", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Often I Wake in Darkness Caro Autem Infirmai"Often I wake in darkness", Gwen Harwood , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
Triste, Tristei"In the space between love and sleep", Walter Lehmann , single work poetry (p. 24-25)

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Works about this Work

Gwen Harwood Candida Baker (interviewer), 1989 single work biography interview
— Appears in: Yacker 3 : Australian Writers Talk About Their Work 1989; (p. 130-157)
Gwen Harwood Candida Baker (interviewer), 1989 single work biography interview
— Appears in: Yacker 3 : Australian Writers Talk About Their Work 1989; (p. 130-157)
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