In the Desert single work   poetry   "A cloudless sky o'erhead, and all around"
Issue Details: First known date: 1879... 1879 In the Desert
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A poem about the timelessness and the otherworldliness of the Australian outback, tinged with a sense of dread

Notes

  • Epigraph: These verses were written during a late exploring expedition, and are copied from the note-book of one of the members of the party.
  • In signature: Dramingo. Creswell Creek, N.T. South Australia, November 25, 1878.

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