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Issue Details: First known date: 1917... 1917 To God : From the Weary Nations
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Framed as a prayer to God, this is a passionate meditation on war and the moral culpability of societies who prosecute war, and a plea for peace.

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  • A poem in twelve numbered, untitled parts. It first appeared in December 1916 in the Book Lover, with the word 'weary' in the title. It was published with the new title in Eyes of Vigilance (1920) Source: Oxford Companion to Australian Literature. Miller asserts that the poem was completely revised for its reissue in 1920 as 'To God: From the Warring Nations.'
  • Hugh Anderson in Frank Wilmot (Furnley Maurice) A Bibliography and a Criticism (1955) states: 'This was the first separate publication under the name Furnley Maurice.'

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Alternative title: To God: From the Warring Nations
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Related Works

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.
Untitled i "We pray for pity, Lord, not justice, we", Furnley Maurice , 1956 extract poetry (To God : From the Weary Nations)
— Appears in: A Book of Australian Verse 1956; (p. 44-46) A Book of Australian Verse 1968; (p. 42-44)
From To God : From the Warring Nations i "We pray for pity, Lord, not justice, we", Furnley Maurice , 1957 single work poetry
— Appears in: New Land, New Language : An Anthology of Australian Verse 1957; (p. 122)
From : To Gods from the Weary Nations Furnley Maurice , 1984 extract poetry (To God : From the Weary Nations)
— Appears in: Clubbing of the Gunfire : 101 Australian War Poems 1984; (p. 70)
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Untitled Walter Murdoch , 1951 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 12 no. 3 1951; (p. 175)
Untitled Christopher Brennan , 1951 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 12 no. 3 1951; (p. 173-175)
Two Poets, Two Poems Hugh Anderson , 1951 single work column
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 12 no. 3 1951; (p. 173)
Editorial Notes 1917 single work prose
— Appears in: Birth : A Little Journal of Australian Poetry , June vol. 1 no. 7 1917; (p. 3-4)
A Plea for Deliverance 1917 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 9 May 1917; (p. 45)
— Review of To God : From the Weary Nations Furnley Maurice , 1917 single work poetry
Australian 1917 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 10 May vol. 38 no. 1943 1917; (p. 2)
— Review of To God : From the Weary Nations Furnley Maurice , 1917 single work poetry
A Plea for Deliverance 1917 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 9 May 1917; (p. 45)
— Review of To God : From the Weary Nations Furnley Maurice , 1917 single work poetry
Editorial Notes 1917 single work prose
— Appears in: Birth : A Little Journal of Australian Poetry , June vol. 1 no. 7 1917; (p. 3-4)
Two Poets, Two Poems Hugh Anderson , 1951 single work column
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 12 no. 3 1951; (p. 173)
Untitled Christopher Brennan , 1951 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 12 no. 3 1951; (p. 173-175)
Untitled Walter Murdoch , 1951 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 12 no. 3 1951; (p. 175)
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