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Dedication: To three true friends, Mary Gilmore, (D.B.E.) Eileen Bernard, A. B. Crowther, I dedicate this small book of verse in token of affection
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Author's Preface: These verses are just songs that have risen in my heart, inspired by the charm and beauty of Sydney and its peerless harbour, with the Bushland that I love so well....'Violets Down the Years', the first of the three pieces of prose included in this book, appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald (a newspaper to which I owe a tribute of thanks) on July the 8th, 1933, and is, in its way, the story of my life. The second piece describes the most beautiful hour that I have ever spent, hovering in the mail 'plane 'Memma', on a moonlight night, above the ethereal loveliness of Sydney.'
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Ivy Moore
, 1937 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Foreword, single work poetry (p. 3)
- Preface, single work poetry (p. 4)
- Fragrant Fantasies : Violets Down the Years, single work prose (p. 5-6)
- Dream City : In the Starshine, single work prose (p. 7-8)
- A Lost Romancei"A rose, a letter, and a sigh,", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Bush Violetsi"Little white Bush Violet", single work poetry (p. 11)
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Great Hearti"Great Heart! Of value more than gold,",
single work
poetry
(p. 11)
Note: With subtitle - "(To Mary Gilmore.)"
- The Birth of Violetsi"When God had made the pleasant world,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Sunlighti"Grey, dappled shadows o'er the garden fall,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Raini"O'er the dim land a misty veil of rain", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Renewali"Love cannot die — though we may seek to kill it,", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Violetsi"Sweet violet-time is here again,", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Purple Violetsi"Imperial Roman Caesar never wore", single work poetry (p. 13)
- At Morningtoni"At Mornington, at Mornington, where apple blossoms blow,", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Amber Wattlei"O, golden shine Spring's tresses!", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Clover in the Grassi"There is clover in the grass,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Mountain Misti"My heart is caught by the mountain mist,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- The Willowi"A mantle of tenderest green flows down", single work poetry (p. 16)
- The Olive Treei"A Grecian line of beauty dwells", single work poetry (p. 16)
- The Peach Treei"The peach tree stands a sentinel", single work poetry (p. 17)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Obscure Australian Poetry Books of the 1930s
2010
single work
essay
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries , March-June no. 365/366 2010; (p. 32-37) 'Among the collection of my late father, Jim Blair, (q.v.) who worked as a journalist from 1934 to the end of 1960 with the Bulletin and The Australian Women's Mirror (q.q.v.)were a number of slim books of poetry and verse, written by both well known and not so well known poets and often published by obscure publishers. Jim Blair (q.v.) either reviewed these works for The Bulletin (q.v.) or had the books given to him by the reviewer.' (p. 32)
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Obscure Australian Poetry Books of the 1930s
2010
single work
essay
— Appears in: Biblionews and Australian Notes and Queries , March-June no. 365/366 2010; (p. 32-37) 'Among the collection of my late father, Jim Blair, (q.v.) who worked as a journalist from 1934 to the end of 1960 with the Bulletin and The Australian Women's Mirror (q.q.v.)were a number of slim books of poetry and verse, written by both well known and not so well known poets and often published by obscure publishers. Jim Blair (q.v.) either reviewed these works for The Bulletin (q.v.) or had the books given to him by the reviewer.' (p. 32)
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