Cirrus@Austlit

Contains a single long poem in four cantos. Canto two includes a poem 'Giant Steam' which 'orginally appeared in Truth July 26, 1891' and canto four includes a poem 'Arachne'. Each canto has numbered stanzas. Canto two and four's numbered stanzas continue in sequence before and after the 'extra' poems. The text includes footnotes and detailed notes appear at the end of canto four. A poem 'L'Envoi' appears after the notes pages. The work also includes an introduction entitled 'Imprimis' before the dedicatory stanza.

Dedicatory Stanza: 'Tis joy to hear, in these sad days of striving,/ A voice of Love, assail the charioteer ;/ Charging ; to spare the steeds, with heedful driving ;/ Less girding than exhorting their career./ So, gladdens it our hearts thy voice to hear-/ O, blest vicegerent of the Lord, on earth-/ Rebuking Mammon and her factions drear,*/ Who vex the nations, as it were, with dearth ;/ Seizing all Nature's dower- All Art's fair world of worth !

*The cherished encyclicals of the Holy Father earnestly enjoin the social betterment of the down-trodden toiling classes - L. H. / Sydney, Xmas, 1905.