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Author's note: Many of the pieces in this little issue have been placed before the public through the courtesy of the Hobart Town Press, principally in the columns of the late 'Daily Courier.'... - Preface
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Epigraph: [From a Rhapsody on Poetry by Dean Swift] In bulk there are not more degrees/ From Elephants to Mites in cheese,/ Than what a curious eye may trace/ In creatures of the rhyming race;/ From bad to worse, and worse they fall,/ But who can reach the worst of all?/ For though in Nature, depth and height/ Are equally held infinite :/ In poetry, the height we know,/ 'Tis only infinite below.'
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Hobart,
Southeast Tasmania,
Tasmania,:J. Walch
, 1860 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- To a Withered Clematis Wreathi"Clematis flower,", single work poetry (p. 7)
- Lines Addressed to the Mooni"Orb of beauty, orb of light,", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Past, Present, and Futurei"How sweet 'tis to wonder", single work poetry (p. 8)
- Childhood's Happy Hoursi"My thoughts are childhood's happy hours,", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Lines on Lutheri"'Tis passing strange what happy thoughts arise,", single work poetry (p. 9-10)
- On Presenting a Panseyi"There's language in flowers,", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Linesi""Land Ahead"", single work poetry (p. 11)
- Written on the Last Page of Mrs B------'s Albumi"I've read your book and conn'd each page,", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Conundrumi"A word of four letters united am I:", single work poetry (p. 12)
- Lines on the View from the Mill, New Norfolki"When the evening's calm and a deep serene", single work poetry (p. 13)
- Thoughts on "The Light of Other Days"i"How oft do we commune within", single work poetry (p. 14)
- Untitledi"An actor who twice turned his coat,", single work poetry (p. 14)
- On the Death of Mrs M**'s Kangarooi"A kangaroo, like all his race,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- An Extract from One of My Farewell Compositionsi"Kind friends, adieu. How can I take my leave,", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Address to My Little Kitteni"Pretty little orphan kitten,", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Untitledi"I want to show that headlong folks", single work poetry (p. 17-18)
- A Rat! A Rat!i"A rat, a rat, is an awful cry,", single work poetry (p. 18)
- Lines Written for Mrs. M******i"How many names on which we dote,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Impromptui"Gloves are like the married state,", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Lines on a Sick Fowli"A fowl was in a coop confined", single work poetry (p. 20)
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