Earthen Vessels : A Theme in Sonnets. selected work   sequence   poetry  
Issue Details: First known date: 1913... 1913 Earthen Vessels : A Theme in Sonnets.
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Notes

  • Epigraphs: 'But we have this treasure in Earthern Vessels.'
  • 'It is a cause for laughter, But saddening withal, That though our hearts be loving, Our heads are sceptical.' - Heine.
  • Poems are untitled, but numbered: number of sonnets in the sequence varies between publications.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:Specialty Press , 1913 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Untitledi"Youth's vigour, throbbing till these pulses sing,", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 9)
Untitledi"I bring to mind the time when she was starred", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 10)
Untitledi"Old poets and new were dear to many a nook", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 11)
Untitledi"Or, at my feet as if she were a child,", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 12)
Untitledi"So if I have - when she her candid eyes", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 13)
Untitledi"See here who will the body of a ghost", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 14)
Untitledi"Let lovely things be emblems of all love.", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 15)
Untitledi"Dawny-snow cheeks, and lips like precious wine", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 16)
Untitledi"Such thoughts can conscience gender of its pride,", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 17)
Untitledi"'Ah, love, my love! be holy to me still;", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 18)
Untitledi"Steeled to the purpose, though with some demur -", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 19)
Untitledi"Though power exultant in me is a god", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 20)
Untitledi"O! I have left her weeping, and the fiend,", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 21)
Untitledi"Should it be said, 'She was but this to him,", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 22)
Untitledi"All good tales to innocuous nuptials wend,", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 23)
Untitledi"Hate of the harlot city drives me far", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 24)
Untitledi"Faint from cold vigil wanes the morning moon", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 25)
Absolutioni"As one, hid in a cloister's columned shade,", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 26)
Note: Untitled. Appears as poem '18'.
Untitledi"Glib months glide over like the cloudling drift", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 27)
Untitledi"Almost I knew the arrowy light that leaps", Frederick T. Macartney , single work poetry (p. 28)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Poems Frederick T. Macartney , Melbourne : Sydney J. Endacott , 1920 Z32502 1920 selected work poetry Melbourne : Sydney J. Endacott , 1920 pg. 19-55
    Note: Sequence of 35 sonnets; some from earlier publication revised.

Works about this Work

Three Spring Poets 1913 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 October vol. 34 no. 1758 1913; (p. 2)

— Review of Earthen Vessels : A Theme in Sonnets. Frederick T. Macartney , 1913 selected work sequence poetry
Untitled 1913 single work
— Appears in: The Bookfellow , 15 November 1913;

— Review of Earthen Vessels : A Theme in Sonnets. Frederick T. Macartney , 1913 selected work sequence poetry
Untitled 1913 single work
— Appears in: The Bookfellow , 15 November 1913;

— Review of Earthen Vessels : A Theme in Sonnets. Frederick T. Macartney , 1913 selected work sequence poetry
Three Spring Poets 1913 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 23 October vol. 34 no. 1758 1913; (p. 2)

— Review of Earthen Vessels : A Theme in Sonnets. Frederick T. Macartney , 1913 selected work sequence poetry
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