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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 The Oxford Book of Australian Love Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Oxford University Press , 1993 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Oxford Book of Australian Love Poems : Introduction, Jennifer Strauss , single work criticism (p. xix-xxvi)
Country Loversi"She - Where have you been all the day?", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 1)
Rhymes to a Lady with a Copy of Love Poemsi"Many and many a day and night", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 2)
The World-Birth of Lovei"Off from all Being, as a worn-out part,", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 2-3)
Self-Libertyi"I would not be dependent, even for love,", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 3)
Falleni"Hearts that have lost their freshness, yearn", James L. Michael , single work poetry (p. 4)
Said the Sunlight to the Moonlighti"Said the sunlight to the moonlight,", James L. Michael , single work poetry (p. 4-5)
Colonial Courtship, or Love on the Diggingsi"What a rum lot the gals are out here,", Charles Thatcher , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
Ulmarrai"Alone - Alone!", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 7)
Campaspei"Turn from the ways of this woman! Campaspe, we call her by name -", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 8)
Rose Lorrainei"Sweet water-moons, blown into lights", Henry Kendall , single work poetry (p. 9-10)
No Room for the Deadi"Hush! In the dim sad twilight of this room", Emma Frances Anderson , single work poetry (p. 10-12)
A Wife's Protesti"LIKE a white snowdrop in the spring", Ada Cambridge , single work poetry (p. 12-15)
Elizabethi"'I want upon a plate of gold", Victor J. Daley , single work poetry (p. 15)
Lachesisi"Over a slow-dying fire,", Victor J. Daley , single work poetry (p. 16)
Love and the Cyclesi"Bert bestrode a Bradbury,", W. T. Goodge , single work poetry (p. 16)
[Untitled] (from Loraine)i"There's a bend of the river on Glenbar run", George Essex Evans , single work poetry (p. 17-20)
Angeri"Git up an' out, you lazy lump,", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Contritioni"Be up an' out of bed, my girl,", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 21)
Down by the Seai"The sea has soddened the baby clothes,", Mary Gilmore , single work poetry (p. 21-22)
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