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Dedication: To my fallen comrades / The flower of Australia's manhood.
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Epigraph: They laid the grand old world they loved aside, / And went at once with unreluctant tread, / Across the seas, to stand and pour the red / Wine of their youth against the Stygian tide, / Hurled by the Anti-Christ, upon the wide Fields of the earth ...
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New York (City),
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Americas,:The Knickerbocker Press
, 1919 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- "I've gathered these songs from far," To My Readersi"I have gathered these verses from far", single work poetry war literature (p. 1)
- Australia, 1914i"We did not know, nor could we understand -", single work poetry war literature (p. 2)
- The Calli"Young and old, brave and bold,", single work poetry war literature (p. 3-4)
- Englandi"England, oh England, thou art calling me.", single work poetry war literature (p. 5)
- The Last Nighti"Gently I kneel in the silvery light,", single work poetry war literature (p. 6-7)
- The Partingi"Farewell, farewell, beloved friends of mine;", single work poetry war literature (p. 8)
- Hurrah! I March to Fight the Foei"Hurrah! Hurrah! I march to fight the foe", single work poetry war literature (p. 9)
- Fairy Secrets : For Margueritei"Oh Marguerite, the other night", single work poetry war literature (p. 10-11)
- Gallipoli and Troyi"I always love to think if I should fall", single work poetry war literature (p. 12-13)
- Pullthroughi"He came straight in from the woods, where he used to earn his goods", single work poetry war literature (p. 14-15)
- Fairies on No Man's Landi"On No Man's Land, when star-shells flare,", single work poetry war literature (p. 18)
- The Stretcher-Beareri"When the chlorine gas is winging,", single work poetry war literature (p. 19-21)
- The Stari"The tang of frost upon the air -", single work poetry war literature (p. 22)
- Exultationi"I am content, and in each pulsing vein", single work poetry war literature (p. 23)
- Death and Lovei"At twilight, when the grey veils softly fall,", single work poetry war literature (p. 24)
- The Aftermathi"We stagger through the craters 'neath the waning crescent moon,", single work poetry war literature (p. 25-26)
- Brother O' Minei"You're only a lad of eighteen years,", single work poetry war literature (p. 27)
- If You Were Herei"If you were here beneath these scarlet skies", single work poetry war literature (p. 28)
- Think This of Mei"Friends, I am no longer the careless lad", single work poetry war literature (p. 29)
- Deathi"There, where poppies bloom, and fields are scarred", single work poetry war literature (p. 30)
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