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Alternative title: A. D. Hope : Selected Poems
Is part of A & R Poetry Classics series - publisher
  • Author:agent A. D. Hope http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/hope-a-d
Issue Details: First known date: 1973... 1973 Selected Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1973 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Martyrdom of St. Teresai"There was a sudden croon of lilies", A. D. Hope , single work poetry satire (p. 40-41)
The Pleasure of Princesi"What pleasures have great princes? These: to know", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 41-42)
Invocationi"You near, you watchful, you invisible one", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 42-44)
Pyramis or The House of Ascenti"This is their image: the desert and the wild,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 44-45)
The Trophyi"This the builder cannot guess,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 45-46)
The Death of the Birdi"For every bird there is this last migration:", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 46-48)
Circe : After the Painting by Dosso Dossii"Behind her not the quivering of a leaf", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 48)
William Butler Yeatsi"To have found at last that noble, candid speech", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 49)
Choralei"Often had I found her fair;", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 50)
The Sleeperi"When the night comes, I get", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 51)
Lot and His Daughtersi"The ruddy fire-glow, like her sister's eyes,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 52-54)
The Lamp and the Jari"You are that vessel full of holy oil:", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 55)
Sportsfieldi"Goddess of light, Renewer of the mind,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry satire (p. 56-57)
The Bridesi"Down the assembly line they roll and pass", A. D. Hope , single work poetry satire (p. 58)
Imperial Adami"Imperial Adam, naked in the dew,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 59-60)
The Return of Persephonei"Gliding through the still air, he made no sound;", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 61-62)
The Age of Innocence, or, Darwin Moralizedi""That was the Eocene, the Golden Age;", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 63-66)
Fafniri"Under the stars the great wise Worm lay dead;", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 66-67)
Meditation on a Bonei"Words scored upon a bone,", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 67-68)
The Kings The Kingi"The lion in deserts royally takes his prey;", A. D. Hope , single work poetry (p. 69-70)
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