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Lines Suggested by an Account of the Life of Henry Kirk White single work   poetry   "Oh! who would live to be a second child ;"
Alternative title: Early Death : Lines Written on Reading an Account of the Life of Henry Kirke White
Issue Details: First known date: 1834... 1834 Lines Suggested by an Account of the Life of Henry Kirk White
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'Hopes he will die young and so avoid the ills and disappointment of old age' (Webby).

Notes

  • Epigraph: 'Prophetic of the doom Heaven gives its favourites - early death' (from Byron's Childe Harold)
  • Author's note: Glen Howe, 1834
  • Henry Kirke White (1785-1806) was an English poet.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Sydney Times no. 4 26 August 1834 Z1633727 1834 newspaper issue 1834 pg. 3
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Tegg's Monthly Magazine vol. 1 no. 3 May 1836 Z1243061 1836 periodical issue 1836 pg. 131-133
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