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'By John Rae, extremely poor. In part, reprinted in the People's Advocate, 31 March 1849...' (Webby)
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Author's note: Given to the Citizens by the Right Worshipful James Robert Wilshire Esq., Mayor of the City of Sydney, at the Royal Victoria Theatre, on the 21st August, 1844.
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Dedication: Inscribed to His Worship, the Parent of the Ball, by One of the Invited.
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Title note: A Poem in Four Cantos.
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Epigraph: 'There was a sound of revelry by night,/ And Belgium's capital had gathered then/ Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright/ The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men;-/ A thousand hearts beat happily; and when/ Music arose, with its voluptuous swell, /Soft, eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, /And all went merry as a marriage-bell.
On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined;/ No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet/ To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.'
Byron
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The Mayor's Fancy Ball : Canto the First
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"Were ne'er before in Sydney seen,",
1845
single work
poetry
satire
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 April vol. 19 no. 2468 1845; (p. 2-3) -
The Mayor's Fancy Ball : Canto the Second
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"The heart grows sick, 'tis often said,",
1845
single work
poetry
satire
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 April vol. 19 no. 2470 1845; (p. 2) -
The Mayor's Fancy Ball : Canto the Third
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"The season was over - the Play-house was closed,-",
1845
single work
poetry
satire
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 April vol. 19 no. 2471 1845; (p. 2-3) -
The Mayor's Fancy Ball : Canto the Fourth
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"Harp of Australia ! lift thy voice on high!",
1845
single work
poetry
satire
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 April vol. 19 no. 2474 1845; (p. 3)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Beverley Suttor, Redivivus
1845
single work
column
— Appears in: The Morning Chronicle , 3 May vol. 2 no. 165 1845; (p. 2) -
Review
1845
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 May vol. 2 no. 328 1845; (p. 3)
— Review of The Fancy Ball 1845 sequence poetry -
Untitled
1845
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 April vol. 19 no. 2468 1845; (p. 2)
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Review
1845
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 May vol. 2 no. 328 1845; (p. 3)
— Review of The Fancy Ball 1845 sequence poetry -
Untitled
1845
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 April vol. 19 no. 2468 1845; (p. 2) -
Beverley Suttor, Redivivus
1845
single work
column
— Appears in: The Morning Chronicle , 3 May vol. 2 no. 165 1845; (p. 2)
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