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Issue Details: First known date: 1885... 1885 The Land of the Fern : A Collection of Australian Ballads and Poems
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* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:John Hood , 1885 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Death of the Native Chiefi"RECIT:-'Tis night, and darkness throws its sable cloak o'er half the", John Hood , single work poetry
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    • Melbourne, Victoria,: John Hood , 1885 .
      Printed by Barton, Dunn & Wilkinson
      Extent: 72p.
      Note/s:
      • Dedication: To Sir William John Clarke, Bart., of Rupertswood, Sunbury, Victoria.
      • Epigraph: Oh, Land of the Fern, dear Land of the Fern, / In visions to thee shall my spirit return, / In slumber I'll rest on thy green sunny breast / Tho' I wake far away from thee - Land of the Fern.
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