y separately published work icon Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears : Verse selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1944... 1944 Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears : Verse
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  • Dedication: For Barbara

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Georgian House ,Jindyworobak Publications , 1944 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears Inscriptioni"I made my verses of places where I made my fires;", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 9)
And the Blacks are Gonei"But this sea will not die, this sea that brims", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 10)
Flowering Tea-Treei"I could not sleep, but listened to the sea", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 11)
Invocationi"Last night I spoke to you from where I lay", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 12)
Immortalityi"Into all sights of lonely grandeur the soul", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 13)
Coming with Darknessi"And, looking up, white flowers were outspread", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 14)
Climbing the Gullyi"I rest with my hand on the cool bark of a gum,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 15)
Communioni"Listening, I lie and hear the rain come on,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 16)
Morningi"Morning so beautiful that the breathing trees", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 17)
I Pitched My Tenti"I pitched my tent alone beneath the stars,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 18)
Marangarooi"Longer than poems that are only in the mind of man,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 19)
Departurei"Beautiful even as Death this rain on the sea,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 20)
Portraiti"I saw her like a poem to-day:", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Creeki"When other creeks are dry and filled with leaves,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 22)
A Dream of Deathi"I dreamed that you were lying cold and dead:", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 23)
Native Orchidi"In this land, that drought and fire lay bare", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 24)
Canoblas Mountaini"Ah, you romantic lines of dark pine-trees", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 25)
Night of Raini"This night of rain and cold and dripping trees,", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 26)
Scrub Countryi"Now many leaves of the saplings shadow me from the moon.", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 27)
Satiationi"Often this was my hungering, - so to walk", Roland Robinson , single work poetry (p. 28)
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Works about this Work

Contrasts in Poetry F. J. Blakeney , 1947 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 8 no. 2 1947; (p. 114-117)
— Review of Not for Fools : A Collection of Pertinent Verse Leon Batt , 1941 selected work poetry ; Brief Waters : poems Ernest G. Moll , 1945 selected work poetry ; Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears : Verse Roland Robinson , 1944 selected work poetry ; The Wonder and the Apple : More Poems E. , 1946 selected work poetry
Untitled A. D. Hope , 1945 single work review
— Appears in: Poetry , no. 17 1945; (p. 24-27)
— Review of Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears : Verse Roland Robinson , 1944 selected work poetry ; In a Convex Mirror : Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1944 selected work poetry
Contrasts in Poetry F. J. Blakeney , 1947 single work review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 8 no. 2 1947; (p. 114-117)
— Review of Not for Fools : A Collection of Pertinent Verse Leon Batt , 1941 selected work poetry ; Brief Waters : poems Ernest G. Moll , 1945 selected work poetry ; Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears : Verse Roland Robinson , 1944 selected work poetry ; The Wonder and the Apple : More Poems E. , 1946 selected work poetry
Untitled A. D. Hope , 1945 single work review
— Appears in: Poetry , no. 17 1945; (p. 24-27)
— Review of Beyond the Grass-Tree Spears : Verse Roland Robinson , 1944 selected work poetry ; In a Convex Mirror : Poems Rosemary Dobson , 1944 selected work poetry
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