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Dedication: To Jock Curle Women in slums, by way of compliment, Will sometimes give a child the doctor's name; Your name is here. - Forgive the metaphor, But think, at least, my gratitude the same.
Contents
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Europe,:MacDonald
, 1957 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- An Apology for His Makingi"To be played, in exaltation, to be played on,", single work poetry (p. xi)
- The Farmer's Talei"Morning by night and evening after noon,", single work poetry (p. 15-16)
- The Hurtful Love (Four Views of Nature), sequence poetry (p. 15-19)
- The Fisherman's Talei"Lamplight burns away in an ash of cloud;", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- The Gardener's Talei"She comes in calms", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- The Shepherdess's Talei"Here once she lay, the wanton-minded maid,", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Seashells and Sandalwoodi"My childhood was seashells and sandalwood, windmills", single work poetry (p. 20)
- Sea Childreni"When the sun blew over the hills on the dry east wind", single work poetry (p. 21)
- Country Childreni"Country children know more than they know;", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Child with Corali"A branch of whitest stone - a frozen tree", single work poetry (p. 23)
- As He Lay Dyingi"As he lay dying, two fat crows", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Child Portraits, with Background : In Southern Foresti"A child was born among sky-scraping trees", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Child Portraits, with Background : On Northern Downsi"There was another, living where the sun", single work poetry (p. 25-26)
- The Farmer's Boy, with Ladiesi"This is the dream of his virginal young age:", single work poetry (p. 27-28)
- The Farmer's Parablei"Once in this angry land, they say, a boy,", single work poetry (p. 29)
- November Eveningi"Here in this blue world, in this dusky land", single work poetry (p. 30)
- Of Arts and Artistsi"Capture this pony for me, catch the angry mane,", single work poetry (p. 31)
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Complaint Against Himselfi"There is no thing of beauty that this hand,",
single work
poetry
(p. 32-33)
Note: After poem: "This poem has been awarded the Second Prize in the Cheltenham Festival Poetry Competition, 1957".
- The Irish Child (for I.V.S.)i"And are you hungry for the hills?", single work poetry (p. 37)
- Mahomet's Treasurei"A mad-eyed house", single work poetry (p. 38)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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The Poetry of Randolph Stow
1982
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 42 no. 3 1982; (p. 259-276) -
Look, No Kangaroos
1959
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Letters , June vol. 2 no. 1 1959; (p. 31-33)
— Review of Antipodes in Shoes 1958 selected work poetry ; Act One : Poems 1957 selected work poetry -
[Review] Act One : Poems
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , Autumn vol. 2 no. 2 1958; (p. 93-94)
— Review of Act One : Poems 1957 selected work poetry -
[Review] Act One : Poems
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: The London Magazine , April vol. 5 no. 4 1958; (p. 73)
— Review of Act One : Poems 1957 selected work poetry -
A Prologue
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , no. 1 1958; (p. 38-40)
— Review of Act One : Poems 1957 selected work poetry
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Poetry Chronicle
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 17 no. 1 1958; (p. 199-104)
— Review of Australian Poetry 1957 1957 anthology poetry ; The Moods of Love 1957 selected work poetry ; Oedipus Verse : 1949-1956 1957 selected work poetry ; Three Elegies 1957 selected work poetry ; The Shield of Place 1957 selected work poetry ; Cantos of Wandering 1958 selected work poetry ; Bayonet and Grass 1957 selected work poetry ; Poems 1957 selected work poetry ; Poems of Life and Time 1957 selected work poetry ; A Book of South Australian Verse 1957 anthology poetry ; The Dancing Bough 1957 selected work poetry ; The Swagless Swaggie and Other Ballads : Selected Verse of Edward Harrington 1957 selected work poetry ; Act One : Poems 1957 selected work poetry -
[Review] Act One : Poems
1957
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 12 June 1957; (p. 740)
— Review of Act One : Poems 1957 selected work poetry -
[Review] Act One : Poems
1957
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 23 November 1957; (p. 16)
— Review of Act One : Poems 1957 selected work poetry -
A New Poet
1957
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin (Christmas edition) , 11 December vol. 78 no. 4061 1957; (p. 74)
— Review of Act One : Poems 1957 selected work poetry -
[Review] Act One : Poems
1958
single work
review
— Appears in: Encounter , vol. 10 no. 3 1958; (p. 83-84)
— Review of Act One : Poems 1957 selected work poetry -
The Poetry of Randolph Stow
1982
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , September vol. 42 no. 3 1982; (p. 259-276)
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