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y separately published work icon Earth's Voices, Transcripts from Nature, Sospitra, and Other Poems. selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1884... 1884 Earth's Voices, Transcripts from Nature, Sospitra, and Other Poems.
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* Contents derived from the London,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,:Elliot Stock , 1884 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Death of the Lubrai"Stung by an adder unto death", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. p.130)
The Last Aboriginali"I see him sit, wild-eyed, alone,", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 123-125)
In the Rangesi"Through a dark cleft between two hills", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 125-126)
Noon-Silence (Australian Forest)i"A lyre-bird sings a low melodious song", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 126)
The Stock-Driver's Ridei"O'er the range and down the gully, across the river bed,", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 127-129)
An Orange Grove (Victoria)i"The short sweet purple twilight dreams", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 131)
Black Swans on the Murray Lagoonsi"The long lagoons lie white and still", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 131)
Australian Transcripts, William Sharp , sequence poetry
Sequence of twelve numbered and individually titled poems. Douglas Sladen in his anthology A Century of Australian Song (1888) included two other poems, 'Morning in the Bush' and 'Justice' as parts XIII an XIV of this sequence but these poems appear, separately, not as part of the sequence, in William Sharp's selected work Earth's Voices (1884).
 (p. 131-136)
Breaking Billows at Sorrento (Victoria)i"A sky of whirling flakes of foam,", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 132)
Midnoon Mid-Noon in Januaryi"Upon fibry fern-tree bough", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 132)
Shea-Oak Trees on a Stormy Day (S. E. Victoria)i"O'er sandy tracts the she-oak trees", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 132)
In the Fern (Gippsland)i"The feathery fern-trees make a screen,", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 133)
Sunset Amid the Buffalo Mountains (N.E. Victoria)i"Across the boulder'd majesty", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 133)
The Flying Mouse - New South Wales (Moonlight)i"The eucalyptus-blooms are sweet,", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 133)
The Bell-Birdi"The stillness of the Austral noon", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 134)
The Rock-Lily (New South Wales)i"The amber-tinted level sands", William Sharp , single work poetry
Section XI of 'Australian Transcripts'.
 (p. 134)
The Wood-Swallows (Sunrise)i"The lightning-stricken giant gum", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 134)
Christmas Morning Morning in the Bush (December)i"The magpie 'midst the wattle blooms", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 135)
The Flame Tree (New South Wales)i"For miles the Illawarra range", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 135)
Justice (Uncivilised and Civilised)i"Ling-Tso, Ah Sin, on Murderer's Flat", William Sharp , single work poetry (p. 136)
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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Elliot Stock ,       1884 .
      Extent: viii, 207p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Percival Serle's A Bibliography of Australasion Poetry and Verse : Australia and New Zealand (1925): 179 comments that 'this volume has a small section consisting of Australian Poems.'
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