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Death-Gift : Tombs of the Hetaerae (after Rilke) single work poetry "In their long hair they lie, and with their brown"

Author:agent Rainer Maria Rilke
Translator: Philip Martin

Issue Details: First known date: 1974... 1974 Death-Gift : Tombs of the Hetaerae (after Rilke)

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- Translation of R. M. Rilke's poem 'Hetären-Gräber'.
- First line of the original German text: In ihren langen Haaren liegen sie

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y A Bone Flute : Poems Philip Martin , Canberra : Australian National University Press , 1974 Z395995 1974 selected work poetry Canberra : Australian National University Press , 1974
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1974
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pg. 24-25
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y New and Selected Poems Philip Martin , Melbourne : Longman Cheshire , 1988 Z334340 1988 selected work poetry Melbourne : Longman Cheshire , 1988
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1988
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pg. 21-22
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y The Oxford Book of Australian Love Poems Jennifer Strauss (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1993 Z203381 1993 anthology poetry war literature satire humour romance Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1993
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1993
)
pg. 158-159

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