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Epigraph: Let others chant of battle and such wreaths as Glory gave; I would rather sing the praises of the dew that dips the daisies, Of the wind that stirs the wattle and the foam that flecks the wave...... W.H.Ogilvie.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Publisher: Elkin Mathews

London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,: Elkin Mathews , 1907 .

Extent: 87, [1]p.p.
Reprinted: 1907 , 1907 , 1910 , 1911

Note/s:

Introduction by J.N.M. 'Because then of this blessed absence of self-consciousness in these poems; because they come from a Colony that may reasonably be expected to ignore Oxford cliques and conventions of the Bodley Head; and because they express the emotions of a man of action who has lived a hard open life under the stars; for these three reasons I commend this selection to all lovers of poetry, in the hope that they will discover for themselves further merits to justify in England the approval and affection of Australia.' p.11.

Three of the poems have an Australian reference: 'Rainbows and Witches', 'Queensland Opal' and 'God-Speed!'.