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Reply To the Offer of Marriage single work   poetry   "A sonnet would answer. Well, tho' I ne'er tried"
Issue Details: First known date: 1833... 1833 Reply To the Offer of Marriage
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Notes

  • Author's note: See Sydney Herald, 17 June
  • Responds to a offer of marriage in the Sydney Gazette of 17 June 1833, by YRNEH NAROLLAH (Henry Halloran spelt backwards).
  • 'Accepts, though thinks he really loves another. A manuscript note in the Mitchell Library copy identifies Henry Halloran as the author of this reply as well as the original offer.' - Webby

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