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RANDOM VERSE
Publisher: Hallcraft Publishing Company Limited, Melbourne, Australia
Published: 1952
Binding: Decorated Tan cloth HARDcover with Dustjacket 96 pages
Condition: Carefully read condition! A retired display copy and then stored - as illustrated!
Edition: FIRST EDITION: first printing
CAREFULLY read and handled - it's been the display copy in a private collection. It is Tight - neat, no inscriptions or marks. Appears as in my photos - this is the exact copy!! A nicely preserved copy - superb! Edited by Margaret Herron
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"The
publication of a new volume of verse from the pen of C. J. Dennis is an event
of literary importance to Australia. Although it is well over thirty years
since "The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke" brought C. J. Dennis from
obscurity to the front rank of Australian poetry, today he still remains
Australia's most popular poet.
"When
Dennis died in 1938, he left among his papers a wealth of unpublished verse and
writings. It is a fitting postscript to his earlier works that his widow should
have been entrusted with making this delightful selection of "Random
Verse," for no other person knew better every mood and thought of this
pungent philosopher and lord of "slanguage." Readers will agree with
Mrs. Dennis that her salvage has been well worth while.
"Apart
from the humorous slang which punctuates much of this verse, its greatest
appeal will be found in the humour, pathos, sentiment and kindly view of human
nature. It is the type of verse which makes one feel that, come what may, life
still is good. Here, then, is something to quicken the senses and bring a smile
or two, from one sentimental bloke to another."
Foreword by the editor, Margaret Herron...
In making this selection of verses from the many
that appeared in the Melbourne "Herald" during C. J. Dennis's
association with that paper, I found myself in a quandary. There was so much to
choose from. Which verses would I use, and which put aside for future
reference?
I have used very little political verse, although
politics are much the same as they were when the verses were written, but
politicians come and politicians go, and few people remember those who have
gone.
I have tried to give the reader an idea of the many
facets of the poet's work. There is some laughter, there are some tears, and
there is much to give quiet enjoyment to the thoughtful.
C. J. Dennis has been dead over twelve years, and
in reading through the verse I was amazed at the freshness of it and how very
applicable some of it is to the present time.
John Masefield, England's Poet Laureate, said, on the death of Dennis, that it would be a great pity if such a terrific amount of good work should be forgotten. I have tried to rescue some of it, and think my salvage has been worthwhile.
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