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splendid poetry. Its splendor is in its pride in
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698:Head-waters
382:Pacific Sea
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1144:1951 books
1138:Categories
1073:Alan Gould
1023:Geoff Page
964:Kevin Hart
941:Kevin Hart
921:Les Murray
797:Les Murray
764:Bruce Dawe
601:Les Murray
483:A. D. Hope
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256:References
169:"Overture"
137:, and the
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579:Ian Mudie
530:1960–1969
421:1950–1959
374:1947–1949
87:Australia
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