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Marie E. J. Pitt Marie E. J. Pitt i(A15086 works by) (birth name: Marie Elizabeth Josephine McKeown) (a.k.a. M. E. J. Pitt)
Also writes as: Magnet ; Mooroopna
Born: Established: 6 Aug 1869 Bulumwaal, Bairnsdale, Bairnsdale area, East Gippsland, Gippsland, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 20 May 1948 Kew, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Female
Heritage: Irish ; Scottish
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The Promised Land Marie E. J. Pitt , sequence poetry
1 The Ringers i "Muffle the bells...the bells...", Marie E. J. Pitt , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Many Such as She : Victorian Australian Women Poets of World War One 2018; (p. 276)
1 The Keening Marie E. J. Pitt , 2001 extract poetry (The Keening)
— Appears in: The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia 2001; (p. 100-101)
1 The Valley of Dead Giants i "The Valley of Dead Giants lies", Marie E. J. Pitt , 1994 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Bible of the Bush, 1869-1994 : 125 Years of the Weekly Times 1994; (p. 162)
1 The Rebel i "Down the Mitchell Kylie breed him, where the rustling reedbed shiver;", Marie E. J. Pitt , 1993 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Australian Ballads [1993] 1993; (p. 280-283)
1 5 y separately published work icon Doherty's Corner : The Life and Work of Poet Marie E.J. Pitt Colleen Burke , Marie E. J. Pitt , North Ryde : Sirius Books , 1985 Z362805 1985 selected work biography poetry Comprises a biography of Pitt and a selection of her poetry.
1 The Centaurs (Dedicated to the First Australian Light Horse) i "Not of the dim Thessalian Hills", Marie E. J. Pitt , 1985 single work poetry
— Appears in: Doherty's Corner : The Life and Work of Poet Marie E.J. Pitt 1985; (p. 126)
1 Discontent i "Of Beauty one shall sing,", Marie E. J. Pitt , 1985 single work poetry
— Appears in: Doherty's Corner : The Life and Work of Poet Marie E.J. Pitt 1985; (p. 123)
1 Australia's Tommy Atkins (Written for the `Socialist', No Apology to William Hamilton) i "O! we catch him young and make him a cadet,", Marie E. J. Pitt , 1985 single work poetry
— Appears in: Doherty's Corner : The Life and Work of Poet Marie E.J. Pitt 1985; (p. 92-93) The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995; (p. 42-43)
1 The Heathen of To-Day i "Haste not, pale zealots, cross in hand,", Marie E. J. Pitt , 1985 single work poetry
— Appears in: Doherty's Corner : The Life and Work of Poet Marie E.J. Pitt 1985; (p. 90-91)
1 Reveille i "Up! comrades, up! the night has flown,", Marie E. J. Pitt , 1985 single work poetry
— Appears in: Doherty's Corner : The Life and Work of Poet Marie E.J. Pitt 1985; (p. 78-79) The Oxford Book of Australian Women's Verse 1995; (p. 40) The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia 2001; (p. 99)
1 1 y separately published work icon Conquest of the River Max Fatchen , London : Magnet , 1981 Z835801 1970 single work children's fiction children's historical fiction 'Young Shawn joins the 'River Queen' with Cap'n Elijah and his crew - including the Chinese cook, Charlee, whom Shawn saves from a shark by some skilful handling of a leg of mutton. But the 'Queen' is old, and when the river floods it takes all Shawn's courage and her crew's skill to save her and the river settlement from destruction.' (Source: Back cover)
1 Nostalgia i "Wind that blew by Flinders once", Marie E. J. Pitt , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems of Marie E. J. Pitt 1944; (p. 124)
1 The Drums i "The millions, to the drums they know,", Marie E. J. Pitt , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems of Marie E. J. Pitt 1944; (p. 123)
1 Invocation i "Great Omnipresence! Pulse of star and clod!", Marie E. J. Pitt , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems of Marie E. J. Pitt 1944; (p. 122)
1 Cicada Septemdecim i "Does the locust remember when loud to blue heaven he sings", Marie E. J. Pitt , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems of Marie E. J. Pitt 1944; (p. 114)
1 Edith i "She has gone out on the last quest of all", Marie E. J. Pitt , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems of Marie E. J. Pitt 1944; (p. 111)
1 Waratah i "Waratah, once you were fire o' the flame,", Marie E. J. Pitt , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems of Marie E. J. Pitt 1944; (p. 97)
1 Look Up i "O phantom bars and futile bands!", Marie E. J. Pitt , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems of Marie E. J. Pitt 1944; (p. 83)
1 Credo i "Let misers keep their gold, kings keep their power,", Marie E. J. Pitt , 1944 single work poetry
— Appears in: Selected Poems of Marie E. J. Pitt 1944; (p. 82)
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