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Issue Details: First known date: 1920... 1920 Poems
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Notes

  • The poems from 'Childhood' to 'Retrospect' (pp. 3-18) are collected in a section titled 'The Body of Dew'; those from 'Invocation' to 'Haunted' (71-88) in a section called 'Chants of Broken Times'.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Sydney J. Endacott , 1920 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Childhood The Childi"I have heard him singing alone to the wind when the day was young on the hills", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 3)
Note: With title: Childhood
"A ruined homestead leans awry" Ballad of Bush-Ghost Roadi"There is a ruined homestead by", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry humour (p. 4-6)
Chiaroscuroi"Her face of saddened innocence,", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 7)
Faith of Earth The Triumphi"Standing alone upon the morning plain,", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 8)
Note: With title: Faith of Earth
"Lean to me, heart of the twilight-pearl;" Hesperidesi"Lean over me in the twilight-pearl;", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 9)
Requiem Three Gravesi"Three graves crown the tufted hill,", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 10)
Note: With title: Requiem
Lost Avalon Avaloni"After long voyaging, my swift boat flew", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 11)
Note: With title: Lost Avalon.
Celtici"On your lips, lurking laughter;", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 12)
Springtimei"Dawn spreads like rich roses unfolding; the diamond-rayed dew", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 13)
An Outer Suburb : Sunday An Outer Suburb : Sunday Morningi"Past the tight houses drops a metalled street", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 14)
Note: Appears in this selected work with alternative first line: Past the cramped houses drops a metalled street
Summer Dream "I dreamed a beautiful dream" Summertide Dreami"I dreamed a beautiful summertide dream", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 15)
Note: With title: Summer Dream
Sundowni"As when a golden goblet rolls at banquet from a tipsy hand,", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 16)
Rose-dregsi"I wake at morn and find upon my bed", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 17)
"I wonder if the little heart I cut upon a tree" Retrospecti"I wonder if the little heart I graved upon a tree", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 18)
Earthen Vessels : A Theme in Sonnets., Frederick T. Macartney , selected work sequence poetry (p. 19-55)
Note: Sequence of 35 sonnets; some from earlier publication revised.
Commercium, Frederick T. Macartney , sequence poetry (p. 57-68)
Invocationi"Of the Power most high,", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 71)
Safe from Shelteri"It were little to come", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 72)
In the Orbit of the Rosei"Love has roses in her hair:", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 73)
Metropolisi"These buildings of the town,", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 74)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

Editorial Notes 1920 single work review
— Appears in: Birth : A Little Journal of Australian Poetry , July vol. 4 no. 44 1920; (p. 63-64)

— Review of Poems Frederick T. Macartney , 1920 selected work poetry
Editorial Notes 1920 single work criticism
— Appears in: Birth : A Little Journal of Australian Poetry , April vol. 4 no. 41 1920; (p. 38-40)
Untitled 1920 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 October vol. 41 no. 2122 1920; (p. 2)

— Review of Poems Frederick T. Macartney , 1920 selected work poetry
Editorial Notes 1920 single work review
— Appears in: Birth : A Little Journal of Australian Poetry , July vol. 4 no. 44 1920; (p. 63-64)

— Review of Poems Frederick T. Macartney , 1920 selected work poetry
Untitled 1920 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 14 October vol. 41 no. 2122 1920; (p. 2)

— Review of Poems Frederick T. Macartney , 1920 selected work poetry
Editorial Notes 1920 single work criticism
— Appears in: Birth : A Little Journal of Australian Poetry , April vol. 4 no. 41 1920; (p. 38-40)
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