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Issue Details: First known date: 1939... 1939 Into the Desert
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Notes

  • The work is divided into four parts, entitled "Poems of Space", "Lyrics of Youth", "Odd Pieces" and "Poems of Faith and Hope".

Contents

* Contents derived from the Claremont, Inner Perth, Perth, Western Australia,:Freshwater Bay Press , 1939 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Spring:i"These are for happiness:", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 13-19)
Summer:i"These are for consolation of the wise,", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 13-19)
Autumn:i"These tell great mysteries:", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 13-19)
Winter:i"These are to hearten and to cheer the brave:", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 13-19)
An Inventory:i"All these are prompting of the faith we keep:", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 13-19)
Into the Desert:i"Oh, guardian trees, your lovely limbs lack strength", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 13-19)
In the Deserti"Seasons have gone. Life sleeps. And swinging Time", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 13-19)
Into the Desert, Paul Hasluck , sequence poetry (p. 13-19)
Ten Minutes at Cook - Transcontinental Railway:i"Life in long lines", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Visioni"Noonday was noisome in the cattle pen,", Paul Hasluck , sequence poetry (p. 25)
Passing Hours:i"The morning passed in careless song;", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 26)
Melisande:i"Sitting on the hillside", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
A Chap I Knewi"To one poor mortal this was given:", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 29)
A Net of Love:i"Murmur one word; weave all this moment", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 30)
After De Musset: ("Si vous croyez que je vais dire Qui j'ose aimer.")i"I keep the treasure of her name", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 31)
Tropic Night:i"That happiness dwell in dark wood", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
Love's Permanencei"And will love last when passion's throb", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
The Woman Speaks:i"Can no spark fall to wake again", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
The Young Man Speaks:i"A strange bird with swift, downy wings", Paul Hasluck , single work poetry (p. 32-33)
A Sequence, Paul Hasluck , sequence poetry (p. 32-33)
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Works about this Work

Poet Bruce Bennett , 1998 single work criticism
— Appears in: Paul Hasluck in Australian History : Civic Personality and Public Life 1998; (p. 28-36) Homing In : Essays on Australian Literature and Selfhood 2006; (p. 71-80; notes 265-266)
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