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The Song of Ninian Melville single work poetry humour satire "Sing the song of noisy Ninny - hang the Muses - spit it out!"

Author:agent Henry Kendall http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/kendall-henry

Issue Details: First known date: 1880... 1880 The Song of Ninian Melville

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This poem appeared in the supressed 1880 edition of Songs from the Mountains, but it was subsequently omitted as publisher William Maddock, considered it to be potentially libellous.

A copy of this poem, possibly written in Kendall's hand, is glued into the copy of Songs from the Mountains, held in the Hayes Collection, at the Fryer Library, at the University of Queensland.

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First known date: 1880

Appears in:

y The Song of Ninian Melville / A Tour to Hell Henry Kendall , Francis MacNamara , Parramatta : Cumberland Times , 1900 Z1186811 1900 selected work poetry Parramatta : Cumberland Times , 1900
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1900
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y Selected Poems of Henry Kendall Henry Kendall , T. Inglis Moore (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z407547 1957 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957
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1957
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pg. 159-160
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y The Poetical Works of Henry Kendall Henry Kendall , Thomas Thornton Reed (editor), Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia , 1966 Z571473 1966 selected work poetry Abstract This critical edition includes 90 previously uncollected poems and collates manuscripts of the poems and their appearances in periodicals and newspapers during the poet's life-time. There are copious biographical and critical notes, indexes and a bibliography. Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia , 1966
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1966
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pg. 432-435
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y Bards in the Wilderness : Australian Colonial Poetry to 1920 Adrian Mitchell (editor), Brian Elliott (editor), Melbourne : Nelson , 1970 Z429552 1970 anthology poetry Melbourne : Nelson , 1970
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1970
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pg. 79-80
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y The Penguin Book of Australian Verse Harry Payne Heseltine (editor), Ringwood Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1972 Z334403 1972 anthology poetry Abstract Selection of works by Australian poets from Charles Harpur (1813-1868) to Charles Buckmaster (b. 1951). Ringwood Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1972
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1972
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pg. 71-74
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y The Penguin Book of Australian Satirical Verse Australian Satirical Verse Philip Neilsen (editor), Ringwood New York (City) : Penguin , 1986 Z517595 1986 anthology poetry extract satire humour war literature Ringwood New York (City) : Penguin , 1986
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1986
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pg. 53-54
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y Selected Poems of Henry Kendall Henry Kendall , T. Inglis Moore (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z407547 1957 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1988
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1988
)
pg. 159-160
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y The Sting in the Wattle : Australian Satirical Verse Philip Neilsen (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993 Z375066 1993 anthology poetry correspondence extract satire humour war literature St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993
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1993
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pg. 16-17
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y Henry Kendall : Poetry, Prose and Selected Correspondence Henry Kendall , Michael Ackland (editor), St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993 Z85494 1993 selected work prose poetry correspondence St Lucia : University of Queensland Press , 1993
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1993
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pg. 127-129
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y Australian Verse : An Oxford Anthology John Leonard (editor), Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998 Z461207 1998 anthology poetry (taught in 1 units) Abstract A thorough survey of poetry by Australians in English, beginning with a selection of contemporary work by younger poets, and going backward in time to the early colonial period. In addition to poems in the literary tradition, it indudes performance poetry, convict songs and old bush ballads. An extensive selection has been provided from the work of five major twentieth-century poets: Les Murray, Gwen Harwood, Judith Wright, A.D. Hope and Kenneth Slessor. Several features are provided to assist the reader: the date of first publication of each poem is provided; footnotes explain unfamiliar words and allusions; and brief biographical notes assist in locating each poet in his or her place in time. Melbourne : Oxford University Press , 1998
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1998
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pg. 347-348
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y The Puncher & Wattmann Anthology of Australian Poetry John Leonard (editor), Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009 Z1674214 2009 anthology poetry (taught in 16 units) Glebe : Puncher and Wattmann , 2009
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2009
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pg. 401-402

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Kendall's Satirical Humour Thomas Thornton Reed , 1982 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 42 no. 4 1982; (p. 363-384)

English Society Visitors : Walter Stone : Fact and Fiction in Australian Literary Biography Today Vivien H. Chantler , 1961 single work criticism
— Appears in: Makar , July no. 8 1961; (p. 28)

Gordon, Kendall and Farrell : Some Literary Curiosities George Mackaness , 1950 single work criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 11 no. 1 1950; (p. 48-52)

English Society Visitors : Walter Stone : Fact and Fiction in Australian Literary Biography Today Vivien H. Chantler , 1961 single work criticism
— Appears in: Makar , July no. 8 1961; (p. 28)

Kendall's Satirical Humour Thomas Thornton Reed , 1982 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: Southerly , December vol. 42 no. 4 1982; (p. 363-384)

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