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Christopher John Brennan

1870–1932


Christopher John Brennan (1870–1932) was an Australian poet, born in Sydney, who became professor of German and comparative literature at the University of Sydney.

His books include XXI Poems: Towards the Source (1897) and Poems (1913), and he is regarded as a leading Symbolist poet of Australia.

  1. Romance
  2. Poppies
  3. The Pangs that guard the Gates of Joy
  4. My Heart was wandering in the Sands
  5. O White Wind, numbing the World
  6. I said, This Misery must end

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