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)