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Issue Details: First known date: 1827... 1827 A Rural Walk Amongst Hills Overlooking the Derwent: The Varied Thoughts That Arise in the Mind
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Notes

  • It contains a long reflective and, in its later verses, didactic or moral poem, in which reference is made to almost every subject. (John Alexander Ferguson Bibliography of Australia: Volume 1: 1784-1830 (1941): 428).
  • 'This poem and "The Steamer" were also printed in a separate pamphlet, wrongly dated by Ferguson and others to the eighteen-twenties. The style and content of these extremely disconnected works do suggest an earlier date of composition.' (Webby)
  • Epigraph: The Poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

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    y separately published work icon Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser vol. 38 no. 46800 14 May 1840 Z1634565 1840 newspaper issue 1840 pg. 4
    Note: At head of poem: Latin epigraph (illegible). At foot of poem: At the Ship Inn, Clarence-street, 9th May 1840. Non quo volo, sed quo fata vocant
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Subjects:
  • Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
  • 1820
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