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Poems [by Agnes L. Storrie, 1909]

28 April 2013 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This book of poetry by Agnes L. Storrie was published in 1909. The book included several poems with the same title: “A Song” (x3), “To My Friend” (x2), and “Sydney Harbour” (x3); so as to distinguish them here from one another, their initial page numbers have been inserted in square brackets after each poem’s title in the contents list.]

Poems

By

Agnes L. Storrie


To the Dear and Deathless Memory of MY FATHER I Dedicate This Little Book.

CONTENTS.

POEMS.

Apart
Bellbirds
Between the Courses
Bid Me Farewell and Smile
Blessed are the Pure in Heart
Compensation
Confession, A
Core of Time, The
Country Calls Me, The
December Posy, A
Dorothy Dancing
Draught of Life, The
Dumb Mouths
Emancipation
Empty Glass, An
Fairies’ Cave, The
Garden Hat, A
God Knows Why
Grove of Wattles, The
I’ll Explain
In Memoriam
Insurrection
January
Little Son
Live Close to Nature
Love is Best
Love’s Harvest
Lullaby
Making of a Nation, The
Mandolin, To a
Might is Right
Miss Lintlocks
Modern Lover, A
My Country
My Gift
My Hidden Garden
My Wealth
New Year, The
Northern Plain, A
On the Landing
Opal, An
Opal in Her Hair, The
Paths of Peace
Patriotic Song, A
Peculations
Piccolo, To a
Poppy, A
Protest, A
Query, A
Railway Carriage, In a
Retribution
Revelation
Reverie, A
Rondo
Some and Some
Song, A [page 32]
Song, A [page 87]
Song, A [page 116]
Song for the Departure of the Troops
Sunset, At
Surf, In the
Sydney in August
Sydney in July
Sydney Harbour [page 181]
Sydney Southerly, A
Thought, A
Toast, A
Trois Temps, A
Twenty Gallons of Sleep
Two Pathways
Two Ways of Love
Waiting
What the Overseer Told Me

SILHOUETTES.

Coward, The
Deduction
Futility
Hidden Deeps
In Some Deep Wood
Love’s Challenge
Love’s Illusions
Newborn Infant, A
Sting of Life, The
Thoroughfare of Souls, The
Through the Smoke of Bushfires
Universal Query, The
What the Wind Sang

SONNETS.

Calm in Storm
Childish Intuition
Evening Primroses
Friend, To My [page 241]
Friend, To My [page 250]
Hot Wind Day in Spring, A
Misapprehension
Missing Ship, A
Old Age
Quiet Lake of Sleep, The
Silence
Slow Falling Rain at Night
Solved Problem, A
Spirit of Poetry, The
Sprig of Mint, A
Sursum Corda
Sydney Harbour [page 237]
Sydney Harbour [page 238]



J. W. Kettlewell
Sydney 1909

Websdale, Shoosmith Ltd., Printers, 117 Clarence St., Sydney.



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Agnes L. Storrie. Poems, J. W. Kettlewell, Sydney, 1909

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