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y Selections from the Australian Poets anthology poetry

Editors: Bertram Stevens , George Mackaness .

Issue Details: First known date: 1913... 1913 Selections from the Australian Poets

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Revised in 1934 and published as `The Wide Brown Land : A New Anthology of Australian Verse'

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Cornstalk Publishing , 1925 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Kobold"I raked up the fire", L. H. Allen , single work poetry (p. 1-2)

Sunset"The weary wind is slumbering on the wing", Arthur A. D. Bayldon , single work poetry (p. 3)

Buffalo Creek"A timid child with heart oppressed", J. Le Gay Brereton , single work poetry (p. 4-5)

The Coming of Spring in Australia July"'Twas Jack-o'-Winter hailed it first,", J. Le Gay Brereton , single work poetry (p. 5)

The Road That Has No End"Hast ever tramped along the road", Joseph Burrows , single work poetry (p. 6-8)

An Old Bush Road The Old Bush Road"Dear old road, wheel-worn and broken,", Jennings Carmichael , single work poetry (p. 9-11)

Note: With title: An Old Bush Road.

The New Moon"What have you got in your knapsack fair,", Zora Cross , single work poetry (p. 12)

When I Was Six"When I was only six years old,", Zora Cross , single work poetry (p. 12-14)

Memory"Late, late last night, when the whole world slept,", Zora Cross , single work poetry (p. 14-15)

The Fairies' Fair"Who's that dancing on the moonlit air,", Zora Cross , single work poetry (p. 16)

A Racing Eight"Who knows it not, who loves it not,", James Lister Cuthbertson , single work poetry (p. 17)

Sunrise in Victoria The Australian Sunrise"The Morning Star paled slowly, the Cross hung low to the sea,", James Lister Cuthbertson , single work poetry (p. 18)

To a Billy"Old billy - battered, brown and black", James Lister Cuthbertson , single work poetry (p. 19-20)

Verselets : 3 : A Song of Roving A Song of Roving A-Roving"When the sap runs up the tree,", Victor J. Daley , single work poetry (p. 21-22)

A Vision of Youth"A horseman on a hill-top green", Victor J. Daley , single work poetry (p. 22-24)

The Little Worlds"Ah, Mother dear! broad-bosomed Mother Earth!", Victor J. Daley , single work poetry (p. 24-25)

The Wind Child"My folk's the wind-folk, its there I belong,", Enid Derham , single work poetry (p. 26-27)

Men of Australia"Men of all the lands Australian from the Gulf to Derwent River,", Edward Dyson , single work poetry (p. 29-31)

On the Plains"Half-lost in film of faintest lawn,", George Essex Evans , single work poetry (p. 32-34)

The Nation Builders"A handful of workers seeking the star of a strong intent-", George Essex Evans , single work poetry (p. 35-37)

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* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1929 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.