y separately published work icon A Tasmanian Idyl [sic] : Poems selected work   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1923... 1923 A Tasmanian Idyl [sic] : Poems
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* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:W. A. Hamer , 1923 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Tasmanian Idyl (A Rural Story)i"A simple song, with here a sigh", Arthur Ernest Chancellor , single work poetry
Comrade, a young farmer, is friends with his neighbour's daughters, Pandora and Clarice. Initially, he courts Pandora who is beautiful, flirtatious and capricious. Comrade respects Clarice's sense of duty, her domestic and gardening skills, and her senitive and unselfish nature.They fall in love, Comrade buys her father's farm and they marry.
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