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Issue Details: First known date: 1941... 1941 Songs of Empire and Other Poems
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Notes

  • Dedication: In Memory of My Father, W.C. Mayne, (No.6 Tunnelling Coy., 1st A.I.F.) Who Died of Wounds, France, 1917.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Perth, Western Australia,:H. H. Wilson , 1941 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Song of Victoryi"This is our song of Victory,", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 9)
Sons of Empirei"From lonely bushland and from farm you came,", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 10)
Battle for Britaini"Send forth your lean, grey squadrons,", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 11)
Coventryi"O Coventry! What cruel and wanton deed", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 12)
France - 1941i"Is this the France who held the torch of flame", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 13)
Mail Day (To S.J.M.)i"The kookaburra's laugh is gay,", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 14)
The Pledge : September, 1940i"Not in the proud hour of conquest,", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 15)
The Unknown Soldieri"Silent he sleeps within his splendid tomb,", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 16)
The Silence 11/11/'35i"Two minutes silence - then the bugle's call", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 17)
To the Dead 11/11/'36i"How lonely is the silence of the years", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 18)
Reprieve (After Munich) 11/11/'38i"O valiant, well-loved Dead, know only this -", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 19)
Retrospect 11/11/'37i"Whoever had transgressed, whoever lied", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 20)
The Abdicationi"Is this the end of all the dreams we cherished,", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 21)
On the Death of King George V 27/1/'36i"With royal tradition of a thousand years,", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 22)
The March Past 25/4/1941i"Rank upon rank and line by line,", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 24)
Anzac Dayi"You were so sweet", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 25)
Regreti"Ah, Love, I did not know until too late", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 26)
Old Womeni"Slowly they passed along the heedless street", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 27)
Young Anzac 1940i"Take up the sword which we had laid aside,", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 28)
Elegy (To My Mother)i"'Sixty-eight years - This life departs.'", H. H. Wilson , single work poetry (p. 28)
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