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Five Thousand Leagues Away! : A Christmas Lyric
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"Like the low sweet voice of a wandering tide that returns to its own loved shore,"
Composed:
Balmain,
Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area,
Sydney Inner West,
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Dec 1869
The date 'December, 1869' appears at the foot of the poem in the Illustrated Sydney News. This date is clearly incorrect as the poem is published in the issue for 28 December 1868.
Issue Details:
First known date:
1868...
1868
Five Thousand Leagues Away! : A Christmas Lyric
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