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This collection includes substantially the poems originally published in Aurora Australis and Specimens.
Contents
- A Squall at Seai"Now o'er the deep wind blows fresh and free,", single work poetry humour (p. 136-137)
- D'Entrecasteaux' Channel, Van Dieman's Landi"See! D'Entrecasteaux' Channel opens fair,", single work poetry (p. 151-152)
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Colonial Nomenclaturei"'Twas said of Greece two thousand years ago,",
single work
poetry
satire
(p. 153-156)A satire on Governor Macquarie's propensity to name buildings and geographical landmarks after himself.
- Sonnet Written on Board the Medway, off Hobart Towni"O I could gaze the live-long summer-day", single work poetry
- Reliques of Auncient Poetrie : Judge Jefferiesi"Judge Jefferies was as juste a judge,", single work poetry
- The King and the Abboti"Pray, listen, good friends, and I'll tell you a story,", 'Germanicus' (translator), single work poetry humour
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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'Enthusiastic, Idiot Piety' : John Dunmore Lang and Robert Burns
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Colonial History , no. 14 2012; (p. 69-88)' In 1873, the Presbyterian clergyman, John Dunmore Lang, selected and published a collection of his own poetry, the earliest dating from the 1820s when he was establishing a place for himself in New South Wales (NSW). Coming from the same part of Scotland as Robert Burns (Lang was born in 1799 in Greenock, Burns in 1759 some fifty kilometres south in Alloway, near Ayr), Lang might be expected to demonstrate an approach to writing verse and a way of looking at the world similar to his distinguished, internationally renowned countryman, who was so deeply affected by the region in which he was born and lived. Admittedly they were of different generations, and whereas Burns, the son of a poor tenant farmer, was largely self-educated, Lang excelled at the University of Glasgow. But by Lang's time, Burns had posthumously become iconic. Yet as Burns' star continued to rise, with annual suppers conducted in the colonies to celebrate his 'immortal memory', Lang was lambasted in Sydney newspapers, journalists sometimes expecting that their readers would recognise the source of inspiration for their humour in an implied comparison such as the one in the epigraph above.' (Publication abstract)
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Politics and Poetry : An Anthology of N.S.W. Parliamentary Verse
1907
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Lone Hand , 2 September vol. 1 no. 5 1907; (p. 570-573) -
Literature - Literary Notices
1873
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 6 December vol. 8 no. 205 1873; (p. 722)
— Review of Poems : Sacred and Secular : Written Chiefly at Sea, within the Last Half-Century 1873 selected work poetry
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Literature - Literary Notices
1873
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 6 December vol. 8 no. 205 1873; (p. 722)
— Review of Poems : Sacred and Secular : Written Chiefly at Sea, within the Last Half-Century 1873 selected work poetry -
Politics and Poetry : An Anthology of N.S.W. Parliamentary Verse
1907
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Lone Hand , 2 September vol. 1 no. 5 1907; (p. 570-573) -
'Enthusiastic, Idiot Piety' : John Dunmore Lang and Robert Burns
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Australian Colonial History , no. 14 2012; (p. 69-88)' In 1873, the Presbyterian clergyman, John Dunmore Lang, selected and published a collection of his own poetry, the earliest dating from the 1820s when he was establishing a place for himself in New South Wales (NSW). Coming from the same part of Scotland as Robert Burns (Lang was born in 1799 in Greenock, Burns in 1759 some fifty kilometres south in Alloway, near Ayr), Lang might be expected to demonstrate an approach to writing verse and a way of looking at the world similar to his distinguished, internationally renowned countryman, who was so deeply affected by the region in which he was born and lived. Admittedly they were of different generations, and whereas Burns, the son of a poor tenant farmer, was largely self-educated, Lang excelled at the University of Glasgow. But by Lang's time, Burns had posthumously become iconic. Yet as Burns' star continued to rise, with annual suppers conducted in the colonies to celebrate his 'immortal memory', Lang was lambasted in Sydney newspapers, journalists sometimes expecting that their readers would recognise the source of inspiration for their humour in an implied comparison such as the one in the epigraph above.' (Publication abstract)
