`Wisps of Tussock' (Oamaru, 1900).
`New Zealand Chimes' (Wellington, 1900).
Some Notes on this Etext:
The poems in this etext by Gordon, Kendall, Paterson, and Lawson
were compared to other texts, and it should be noted that a series of dots
(. . . . .) sometimes indicates (here and elsewhere)
that some lines or stanzas have been omitted. The selections
from these poets indicates that Stevens was aware of their importance,
but he seems to have missed the mark with regards to Paterson --
and (in the original) doesn't even mention his well-known pseudonym, "Banjo".
Excepting "Clancy of the Overflow", Stevens neglects Paterson's best work.
There could be many reasons for this, perhaps beyond his control,
("Waltzing Matilda", for example, was not widely published until 1917),
but "The Man from Snowy River" (which the movie of the same name
is loosely based upon) should certainly have been included.
"The Man from Ironbark", "A Bush Christening", and "Conroy's Gap"
would also be good choices, and are fortunately available online
in "The Man from Snowy River, and other Verses".
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