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The Shame of Going Back single work poetry "When you've come to make a fortune and you haven't made your salt,"

Author:agent Henry Lawson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/lawson-henry

Issue Details: First known date: 1891... 1891 The Shame of Going Back

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This poem may have been insired by Lawson's retrenchment from The Boomerang (Oxford Companion to Australian Literature).

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y The Bulletin vol. 11 no. 608 10 October 1891 Z592211 1891 periodical issue 1891
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1891
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pg. 22
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y In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses Henry Lawson , Sydney London : Angus and Robertson Young J. Pentland , 1896 Z87818 1896 selected work poetry Sydney London : Angus and Robertson Australian Book Company , 1900
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1900
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pg. 176-178
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y The Bulletin vol. 54 no. 2789 26 July 1933 Z619738 1933 periodical issue 1933
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1933
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pg. 38
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y The Water Lily Henry Lawson , Priscilla Herdman (composer), United States of America (USA) : Interfusion , 1977 Z1217678 1977 selected work lyric/song United States of America (USA) : Interfusion , 1977
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1977
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y A Camp-Fire Yarn : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1885-1900 Henry Lawson , Leonard Cronin (editor), Sydney : Lansdowne , 1984 Z378657 1984 selected work poetry short story autobiography prose criticism drama biography Sydney : Lansdowne , 1984
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1984
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pg. 186-187
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y The Water Lily Henry Lawson , Priscilla Herdman (composer), United States of America (USA) : Interfusion , 1977 Z1217678 1977 selected work lyric/song United States of America (USA) : Philo/Rounder , 1995
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1995
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y An Australian Treasury of Popular Verse Jim Haynes (editor), Sydney : ABC Books , 2002 Z985597 2002 anthology poetry Sydney : ABC Books , 2002
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2002
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pg. 287-288
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y Lawson Henry Lawson , John Schumann (composer), Australia : Bombora Music , 2005 Z1217527 2005 selected work poetry Australia : Bombora Music , 2005
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2005
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