Envoi

Posted April 24th, 2008 by davey


Brennan's contemporary, 

				Bernard O'Dowd, 

espoused the cause 

				of 

					  nationalism, 

and attained a far 		

			greater
				reputation
					 in his day; 

but unlike
			Brennan's, 

	         his work
				has dated 	

				badly.

Judith Wright,
A Book of Australian Verse (1968)

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