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Notes
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Epigraph: These are delights / If my experience hath not, truant-like, / Misspent the time, which I have strove to use / For bettering my mind. (Ford)
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In an 'Introduction', the author claims that this selected work was the 'first publication of the kind in the Colony' [Van Diemen's Land], and hopes that it will 'waken' the colony's 'slumbering poetical energies, and excite others to nobler and more successful attempts'.
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Dedication: To Sir John Franklin, K.C.H., K.R., Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land and its dependencies, &c.&c., this little volume is, by permission, respectfully inscribed by His Excellency's most obedient and very humble servant, the author.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Hobart,
Southeast Tasmania,
Tasmania,:S. A. Tegg
, 1838 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Mountainsi"Mountains! ye who laugh at Time!", single work poetry (p. 1-5)
- Canzoneti"Oh! could I but for once forget", single work poetry (p. 6-7)
- The Negro Woman to the Sick White Mani"The setting sun is beautiful,", single work poetry (p. 8-11)
- The Village Greeni"Oh! yes, we do remember well", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- The Willowi"Oh, Willow, waving droopingly", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- The Dying Girli"Lay me beside my mother,", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Youth, Pride, and Lovei"Youth, one summer morning, who vainly had tried", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- A Farewelli"We part, dear girl, but not like those", single work poetry (p. 20-22)
- To Francescai"Loved Francesca! - saddening things", single work poetry (p. 23-26)
- The Warrior's Motheri"She taught him of his father's deeds,", single work poetry (p. 27-28)
- Lifei"What is Life, - come tell me youngster", single work poetry (p. 29-31)
- The Magician's Legacyi"I have not fear'd a monarch's frown, -", single work poetry (p. 32-35)
- Do You Think of Mei"Do you think of me at morn,", single work poetry (p. 36-37)
- Verses (Suggested by the New Year)i"The New Year comes again - not such as we", single work poetry (p. 38-41)
- Who Shall Be Our Companions?i"Who shall be our companions now?", single work poetry (p. 42-43)
- Stanzasi"Who shall shield thee, little one,", single work poetry (p. 44-45)
- Lines (Written to a Portrait)i"Is Art not beautiful - the Painter's Art? -", single work poetry (p. 46)
- Chansonettei"When lovers are sighing before us,", single work poetry (p. 47)
- And Shall We Forget Themi"And shall we forget them - the shores", single work poetry (p. 48-49)
- Stanzasi"Thy coffin slowly sinketh, and thy father scatters now", single work poetry (p. 50-51)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Tasmania and Australian Poetry
Hobart
:
University of Tasmania
,
1984
Z103086
1983
single work
criticism
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Untitled
1838
single work
review
— Appears in: The Tasmanian and Austral-Asiatic Review , 6 April 1838; (p. 108-109)
— Review of Poetic Trifles 1838 selected work poetry
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Untitled
1838
single work
review
— Appears in: The Tasmanian and Austral-Asiatic Review , 6 April 1838; (p. 108-109)
— Review of Poetic Trifles 1838 selected work poetry -
y
Tasmania and Australian Poetry
Hobart
:
University of Tasmania
,
1984
Z103086
1983
single work
criticism
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