Beauty Imposes : Some Recent Verse

Beauty Imposes : Some Recent Verse

Author	Shaw Neilson
Language	English
Genre	Poetry collection
Publisher	Angus & Robertson
Publication date	1938
Publication place	Australia
Media type	Print
Pages	34 pp.

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