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* Contents derived from the Carlton, Parkville - Carlton area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,:Meanjin Press , 1996 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.

Murraguldrie Pastorale I"I have listened to a creek at midnight", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 1)

Murraguldrie Pastorale II"Sheep in the night their backs all white", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 2)

Creeds"I would not care to die", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 3)

Bush Track"It is as old as Ur", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 4)

Cezanne"Provence", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 5)

To Narcissus"And can you drink", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 6)

Ingleburn"Into the umbra of a sphere", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 7)

Lot"Gird up thy lions Lot, take thy people hence", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 8-9)

On Meeting Kate"I am bewitched of my love's artless charm,", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 10)

Winter 1941"Winter closing in, inevitable", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 11)

Spring 1941"Spring comes on inexorably", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 12)

To a Painter's Easel"Dead thing that might have lived,", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 13)

Elizabeth Bay, Sydney"A cold wind ruffles white patches", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 14)

Signs of the Times"And we have also seen the signs, the migration of birds,", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 15)

An Invocation to the Falling Rate of Profit"O Mother, though we be but your illegitimate children,", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 16-17)

The Days Are Balanced Rocks"The days are balanced rocks,", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 18)

Dry Dock"Dust over Potts Point, dry dock's dust at the road's end.", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 19)

Triumphant Elegy"We have laboured in the vineyards of the nations an earth day,", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 20)

Woolloomoloo 1943"Autumn over the city, the long wharves", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 21-24)

The Tower"Black the cliff hangs nightly", Bernard Smith , single work poetry (p. 25)

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The Poems of Bernard Smith Morag Fraser , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 185 1996; (p. 53-54)
— Review of Poems 1938-1993 Bernard Smith , 1996 selected work poetry