Webb was praised by Read as "one of the greatest poets of our time . . . one of the most unjustly neglected poets of the century," and Webb has since attracted substantial critical acclaim for his profound vision, his unique spiritual quest to discover the heart of things. Webb died on 23 November 1973 in Sydney's Rydalmere Psychiatric Hospital of a coronary occlusion. He is buried at Macquarie Park Cemetery in northern Sydney, with 'Sunset Hails a Rising' from his poem 'The Stations' upon his headstone. In 2011, University of Western Australia Publishing released the most inclusive and error-free edition of Webb's Collected Poems to date, edited with notes by Toby Davidson from Macquarie University. Awards 1973 – Australian Literature Society Gold Medal Christopher Brennan Award, awarded posthumously Works by Francis Webb A Drum for Ben Boyd (1948) Leichhardt in Theatre (1952) Birthday (1953) Socrates and other Poems (1961) Ghost of the Cock (1964) Collected Poems (1969; 1977) Poets on Record (Australian Poets Read from their Own Work) (1975) The Poetry of Francis Webb (1991) Collected Poems (edited by Toby Davidson) (2011) Notes References External links 'Destroy Kansas to Reveal Oz: from John Ashbery to Francis Webb' by John Hawke, Cordite Poetry Review The Poetry of Francis Webb at Thylazine Francis Webb: Poet and Brother. Some of His Letters and Poetry. Peter and Leonie Meere. Rowe, Noel (2005) "Poetry, Theology and Emptiness: The angel did not draw attention to himself" in Australian EJournal of Theology August 2005, Issue 5 , Accessed: 25 July 2007 Photo of Francis Webb, by photographer unknown, year unknown Other resources Patricia Excel "'Before Two Girls': A Lost Poem by Francis Webb" in Southerly Vol. 53, No. 3, 1993. Michael Griffith God's Fool: The Life and Poetry of Francis Webb Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1991. Richard Hillman Cultural Metamorphosis: Lacan, Zizek and the Poetry of Francis Webb doctoral thesis, Flinders University of South Australia, 2004 Graeme Kinross-Smith "The Gull in a Green Storm – A Profile of Francis Webb (1925–1973)" in Westerly Vol. 26, No. 2, 1981. Andrew Lynch "Remaking the Middle Ages in Australia: Francis Webb's 'The Canticle' (1953)" in Australian Literary Studies Vol. 19, No. 1, 1999. Peter Meere & Leonie Meere Francis Webb: Poet and Brother Pomona, Queensland: Sage Old Books, 2001. Francis Webb 'Palace of Dreams' in The Bulletin 1942. 1925 births 1973 deaths 20th-century Australian poets Australian male poets ALS