Beauty Imposes : Some Recent Verse is a collection of poetry by Australian author Shaw Neilson, published by Angus and Robertson in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1938.
The collection contains 14 poems from a variety of sources.
Contents
"The Theme Eternal" "The Road to the Hospital" "The Crane Is My Neighbour" "The Vine That is a Friend" "Uncle to a Pirate" "The Long Week-end" "The Time of Tumult" "Golden Fugitive" "He Saw the Jig" "The Poor Can Feed the Birds" "The Sundowner" "Sunday Evening" "I Spoke to the Violet" "Beauty Imposes"
Critical reception
A reviewer on the Red Page of The Bulletin commented that "Whether it's due to climate or not, there is a deliberate use of color in Shaw Neilson's verse—patterns in gold and green and aspirations in white that suit his quiet talent".
The Mail (Adelaide) saw a lot of qualities in the collection: "Shaw Neilson's verse is clear, sweet, and often worth-while, as this little volume shows. Mr. Neilson is not a young man in years, but he has retained a young man's thrust, vividness, and keen feeling. There is a kind of supple strength about much of this Australian's work, too."
See also 1938 in Australian literature
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