The anthologist must needs play the critic from beginning to end of his work of selection and rejection: what need, then, of any further airing of his likes and dislikes?

—Preface

Walter
Murdoch

The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse

Chosen by Walter Murdoch

The national characters and natural beauty of Australia and New Zealand invigorate 205 poems by 80 authors; from Wentworth and Harpur to Kendall and Gordon up to Derham and Napier, this unique anthology spans a century of publishing during the explosive growth of these nations.

Bibliographic Record Preface

TO ALFRED DEAKIN

NEW YORK: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1918
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2001

Chronologic Index of Authors
Alphabetic Index of Authors
Index of Titles
Index of First Lines

The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse

Chosen by Walter Murdoch

Contents

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