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y separately published work icon The Penguin Book of Australian Verse anthology   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1972... 1972 The Penguin Book of Australian Verse
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: Harmondsworth, Middlesex,
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Western Europe, Europe,:Penguin , 1972 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Middleton's Rouseabouti"Tall and freckled and sandy,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry satire humour (p. 96)
The Song of Old Joe Swallowi"When I was up the country in the rough and early days,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry humour (p. 97-99)
One Hundred and Threei"With the frame of a man, and the face of a boy, and a manner strangely wild,", Henry Lawson , single work poetry (p. 99-105)
The Wanderer, Christopher Brennan , sequence poetry (p. 106-114)
Epilogues : 1908i"The droning tram swings westward: shrill", Christopher Brennan , single work poetry (p. 114-117)
Note: Subtitle: 1908
The Silver Gulli"With strong slow stroke", J. Le Gay Brereton , single work poetry (p. 118-120)
The Orange Treei"The young girl stood beside me. I", John Shaw Neilson , single work poetry (p. 121-122)
Song Be Delicatei"Let your song be delicate.", John Shaw Neilson , single work poetry (p. 122-123)
Mayi"Shyly the silver-hatted mushrooms make", John Shaw Neilson , single work poetry (p. 123)
Native Companions Dancingi"On the blue plains in wintry days", John Shaw Neilson , single work poetry (p. 124)
Beauty Imposes : 2i"Beauty imposes reverence in the Spring,", John Shaw Neilson , single work poetry (p. 124)
I Blow My Pipesi"I blow my pipes, the glad birds sing,", Hugh McCrae , single work poetry humour (p. 125)
Ambuscade Ambuscade (Fragment)i"Or the black centaurs, statuesquely still,", Hugh McCrae , single work poetry (p. 125-126)
Note: With title: Ambuscade
Fantasyi"I love to lie under the lemon", Hugh McCrae , single work poetry (p. 126-127)
Enigmai"I watch her fingers where they prance", Hugh McCrae , single work poetry (p. 128)
Note: With first line: I watch her fingers while they prance
Plunderi"The fisherman leans backward on his cord;", Furnley Maurice , single work poetry (p. 129)
Apples in the Mooni"We came round by the little dark pond;", Furnley Maurice , single work poetry (p. 129-131)
The Agricultural Show, Flemington, Victoria A Melbourne Ode (The Agricultural Show, Flemington, Victoria)i"The lumbering tractor rolls its panting round,", Furnley Maurice , single work poetry (p. 131-136)
Note: With title: The Agricultural Show, Flemington, Victoria
The Net-Mendersi"I came upon them by a strip of sea,", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 137-138)
On Moral Lawsi"Why, tell, should moral laws in time have length", William Baylebridge , single work poetry (p. 139-140)
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