Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson

John Shaw Neilson (1872–1942) was an Australian poet and songwriter.

• John Shaw Neilson: songs of love and loss by Helen HewsonIntroduction by R.H. Croll1. Heart of spring!2. Green singer3. Song be delicate4. Petticoat green5. Greeting6. The land where I was born7. The sun is up8. Pale neighbour9. To a blue flower10. Old Nell Dickerson11. Along a river12. Julie Callaway13. At a lowan’s nest14. Old Granny Sullivan15. May16. Maggie Tulliver17. Break of day18. Sheedy was dying19. The eyes of little Charlotte20. Meeting of sighs21. Old violin22. Love’s coming23. The lover sings24. The girl with the black hair25. ’Twas in the early summer time26. As far as my heart can go27. Her eyes28. The hour is lost29. Surely god was a lover30. You, and yellow air31. Dear little cottage32. Roses three33. The sacrifice34. Little white girl35. In the street36. Child of tears37. The petticoat plays38. The loving tree39. Inland born40. The child we lost41. Under a kurrajong42. The luckless bard to the flying blossom43. From a coffin44. All the world’s a lolly-shop45. It is the last46. The white flowers came47. The wedding in September48. The hour of the parting49. The song and the bird50. The scent o’ the lover51. At the end of spring52. For a child53. The dream is deep54. The quarrel with the neighbour55. His love was burned away56. For a little girl’s birthday57. When kisses are as strawberries58. Schoolgirls hastening59. Dolly’s offering60. To a schoolgirl61. ’Tis the white plum tree62. The unlovely player63. The eleventh moon64. The evening is the morning65. The orange tree66. In the dim counties67. Show me the song68. The woman of Ireland69. Ride him away70. The magpie in the moonlight71. The birds go by72. The sweetening of the year73. Out to the green fields74. Green lover75. Stony town76. To an early-flowering almond78. Those shaded eyes79. The blue wren in the hop-bush80. April weather81. The Irish welcome82. Colour yourself for a man83. The hen in the bushes84. The moon was seven days down85. The flight of the weary86. Love in absence87. The child being there88. He sold himself to the daisies89. So sweet a mouth had she90. Lament for early buttercups91. Half a life back92. The lad who started out93. To a lodging-house canary94. Native companions dancing95. Stephen Foster96. The stolen lament97. The Whistling Jack98. The good season99. The soldier is home100. The poor, poor country101. The winter sundown102. The bard and the lizard103. Song for a honeymoon104. The ballad of remembrance105. The gentle water bird

'The collection would make an excellent addition to any English faculty book room, offering scope for a range of thematic studies centring on the Australian experience in the early twentieth century. Neilson’s poems are accessible to younger students and could be a valuable tool for teaching poetic form in a conceptual study of people and landscape, distinctive voices and discovery'