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Convict Once and Other Poems
AuthorJ. Brunton Stephens
LanguageEnglish
Genrepoetry
PublisherGeorge Robertson
Publication date
1885
Media typePrint
Pages340 pp
Preceded byMiscellaneous Poems 
Followed byThe Poetical Works of Brunton Stephens 

Convict Once and Other Poems (1885) is a collection of poetry by Australian poet J. Brunton Stephens. Although "highly valued by contemporary critics",[1] Stephens's work is now largely ignored.

The collection consists of 42 poems, "divided into two sections: the long narrative poem 'Convict Once', followed by 'Miscellaneous Poems'."[2]

  1. ^ The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, 2nd edition, p188
  2. ^ Austlit - Convict Once and Other Poems

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