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  • Author:agent A. D. Hope http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/hope-a-d
Issue Details: First known date: 1991... 1991 Orpheus
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Contents

* Contents derived from the North Ryde, Ryde - Gladesville - Hunters Hill area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1991 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Trees (for Penelope)i"Since you left me forever, I find my eyes", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. iii)
Orpheusi"They said of Orpheus that when he was young", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 1)
Western Elegies, A. D. Hope , sequence poetry (p. 2-14)
Western Elegies : The Song of Songsi"Grain, which set under the tongue grants the corpse", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 2-3)
Western Elegies : The Aeroplanei"It was you who said it: `In most affairs of the heart a", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Western Elegies : The Hoopoei"Migrations of birds are always northbound or southbound;", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
Western Elegies : The Loves of the Plantsi"You who walk in hot winds that blow from the Indian Ocean", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 8-10)
Western Elegies : The Tonguesi"Suppiluliumas! What a marvellous name for a monarch,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 11-14)
Intimations of Mortalityi"Alec, poor cow,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry humour (p. 15-16)
On the Night Shifti"In bed at last, the light turned off, the chorus", A. D. Hope , single work poetry humour (p. 17-21)
The Road to Compostela (a Ballad from Limoges)i"Saint-Jacques de Compostelle,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 22-23)
Gloss to Matthew V 27-28i"What wisdom and beauty his Sermon on the Mount", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 24-25)
Teaser Ramsi"I'm spreading super on the forty acre,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry humour (p. 26-28)
Love and Poetryi"It pleased young Pushkin in Odessa once", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 29)
Hymn to Saint Barbarai"Mistress of all excessive motions,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry satire (p. 30-31)
Card Gamei"Club, diamond, heart and spade,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 32)
A Swallow in the Housei"A swallow astray in my house. It makes for the light,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 33)
Evening Stari"Do men too on some war-torn planet", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 34)
Conversation with Landori"Yes, Walter Savage, that's the stance,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 35)
The Unknown Anniversaryi"Birthdays, holidays, days that always come round,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
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