[Editor: Songs and Verses by Philip Durham Lorimer: An Australian Bush Poet was published in 1901, four years after the death of Philip Durham Lorimer. It was edited by Edward Augustus Petherick, who had been commissioned by Philip’s sister, Charlotte Russell (who had married Sir Peter Nicol Russell), to put together a book of Lorimer’s poetry, along with a brief biography.
Songs and Verses
by
Philip Durham Lorimer
An Australian Bush Poet
Contents
Songs and verses of sentiment and fancy
I Cannot Sing, My Love, To-Day
Death of a Friendless Girl in the Bush
I Love Thy Smiles — But Oh ! Thy Tears
I Will Leave Thee in the Sweetness
Have Those Happy Moments Left Thee ?
We Cannot Get All that We Wish or Desire
Narrative and descriptive pieces
A Mountain Home — Kangaroo Valley
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Phil McDermott and his Hundred Pounds
Privately printed by
William Clowes and Sons, Limited
London
1901
Source:
E. A. Petherick (editor). Songs and Verses by Philip Durham Lorimer: An Australian Bush Poet, William Clowes and Sons, London, 1901
Editor’s notes:
A portrait illustration of Philip Durham Lorimer was published on page ii (opposite the title page) and a full length illustration of him was published on page 55
References:
Cecil Hadgraft. “Lorimer, Philip Durham (1843–1897)”, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, (accessed 8 January 2013)
C. A. Burmester. “Petherick, Edward Augustus (1847–1917)”, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, (accessed 8 January 2013)
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