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A Century of Australian Song [1888]

Visit of Hope to Sydney-Cove, Near Botany-Bay [poem by Erasmus Darwin, 1789]

25 February 2015 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem by Erasmus Darwin. Published in The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay (1789). Also published in A Century of Australian Song (1888) under the title of “A Fulfilled Prophecy”.] Visit of Hope to Sydney-Cove, Near Botany-Bay. Where Sydney Cove her … [Read more...] about Visit of Hope to Sydney-Cove, Near Botany-Bay [poem by Erasmus Darwin, 1789]

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Solitude [poem by Sir Henry Parkes]

6 November 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem by Sir Henry Parkes. Published in Australian Ballads and Rhymes: Poems Inspired by Life and Scenery in Australia and New Zealand, 1888.] Solitude. Where the mocking lyre-bird calls To its mate among the falls Of the mountain streams that play, Each … [Read more...] about Solitude [poem by Sir Henry Parkes]

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The Birth of Australia [poem by Percy Russell, 1889]

19 February 2014 · 1 Comment

[Editor: A poem by Percy Russell, an English author. This work has been included in several anthologies of poetry. The earliest known appearance of this verse was in 1885.] The Birth of Australia Not ’mid the thunder of the battle guns, Not on the red field of an … [Read more...] about The Birth of Australia [poem by Percy Russell, 1889]

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The Blue Lake — Mount Gambier [poem by Agnes Neale, 1888]

17 October 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Agnes Neale was published in Australian Ballads and Rhymes (1888).] The Blue Lake — Mount Gambier. Lying asleep in the golden light Fringed with a setting of emerald green, Crowned with a majesty peerless and grand, Nature has surely made thee her … [Read more...] about The Blue Lake — Mount Gambier [poem by Agnes Neale, 1888]

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Australia [poem by Agnes Neale, 1888]

17 October 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Agnes Neale was published in Australian Ballads and Rhymes (1888).] Australia. All the things that have been done, and all the things that are to be; All the wonders wrought on land, and all the wonders on the sea; All the victories of nations, all … [Read more...] about Australia [poem by Agnes Neale, 1888]

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An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament [poem by Charles Harpur; in an anthology of poetry, 1888]

3 June 2012 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur. Published in Australian Ballads and Rhymes: Poems Inspired by Life and Scenery in Australia and New Zealand (1888).] An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament. Still farther would I fly, my child, To make thee safer yet, From the unsparing white … [Read more...] about An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament [poem by Charles Harpur; in an anthology of poetry, 1888]

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