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Wild notes, from the lyre of a native minstrel

Tompson, Charles, 1807-18831973
Books, Manuscripts
Main title:
Wild notes, from the lyre of a native minstrel / by Charles Tompson ; with an introduction by G.A. Wilkes and G.A. Turnbull.
Edition:
Facsimile edition
Imprint:
Sydney : Sydney University Press, 1973.
Collation:
xx, 68 pages ; 28 cm.
Notes:
First published, Sydney: Govt. Pr., 1826.'Wild notes' was the first book of verse by an Australian-born poet to be published in the colony.First printed in 1826 in Sydney by Robert Howe, Wild notes was the first collection of verse to be published in NSW by a native born Australian poet, Charles Tompson Charles was the son of convict Charles Tompson. His grandparents William Boggis and Elizaabeth Smith were also convicts. Charles Tompson junior was educated by Reverend Henry Fulton at his Castlereagh Classical Academy close to where his parents held a land grant. The family later settled at Clydesdale.Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Retrospect; Or, A Review of my Scholastic Days.I. A Baccanalian Ode,Ode II. To Sylvia,Ode III. To Laura,Ode IV. To Sylvia,Ode V. To SylviaOde VI. FarewellOde VII. To SpringOde VIII. The VoyageI. On the Death of Maj. Gen. Macquarie,II.III. An Elegy on Winter in ArgyleshireIV. To SylviaThe Storm; A Fragment;Habakkuk, Chap. IIIZimeoSonnet to SpringSongMira, “The Flow'r of the Vale;”A Song, for January 26, 1824.
Citations:
References: Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 1092
ISBN:
0424065606 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A821.1
Local class:
A821.1
Language:
English
BRN:
48401
LocationCollectionCall numberStatus/Desc
ResearchLocal BookA821.1 TOMNot for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016)
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