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Issue Details: First known date: 1943... 1943 Beyond the Claw : Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Sydney, New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson , 1943 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
To the Readeri"Does it come ill my book is timed with war?", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 1)
Lost Wondersi"The musk has lost its scent;", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 2)
Onei"I am the rock, the stream, the tree;", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 3)
The Crabsi"The crabs are lunching;", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 4)
An Houri"In the creek, in the little creek", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 5)
Wheati"Here, where the yellow wheat", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 6)
The Dreameri"Out of me has issued so little - no child with faint years,", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 6)
Two Worldsi"In this upthrust of an underworld", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 7)
The Butcher Birdi"I cannot let it pass,", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 8)
Am Meeri"Beloved, since there is no sound", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 9)
The Fishersi"Two men stood thigh-deep in the sea,", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
The Apple Treei"A Maiden sat in an apple tree,", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Wastei"Another day, and now it's night;", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 14)
Mushroomsi"Through dark hours, when after rain", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 15)
Nineteen-Thirty-Sixi"We will never write that song", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 16)
May Urgenti"This is the May month of the hard hill-lines", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 17-18)
The Church Toweri"In the pierced rim of a dusky tower", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 19)
Strange Recipei"I mark observantly this life,", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
A Protest Against Man-Made Deathi"There where gleams the only innocence,", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 22)
Invictusi"The sea drums the shore;", 'Brian Vrepont' , single work poetry (p. 23-24)
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