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The Emigrant Ship, and Other Poems

James Lister Smith

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Description:The Emigrant Ship, ' the principal poem in this volume, is written as a sequence in the manner of the Canterbury Tales, in six tales 'told' on an emigrant ship bound for Australia. The Introduction refers to a becalmed, peaceful ship, 'Yet exiles there with grief and sorrow, / Wept the past, or feared the morrow, / Thinking now of England's strand, / Now of Australia's sunny land.' And in 'The Peasant's Tale': 'On Yarra's banks a cot is seen, / Where flourish oak and cedar green, / And every flower rich and rare / Australia spreads, is clustered there. / Not wanting England's hardier plants, / Brought from the exile's native haunts'. In the Preface the author maintains these 'stories contain more of truth than fiction, and the scenes are drawn from real life.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Emigrant Ship, and Other Poems. To get started finding The Emigrant Ship, and Other Poems, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 134

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Release: 1851

ISBN: DwACAAAAQAAJ

Description: The Emigrant Ship, ' the principal poem in this volume, is written as a sequence in the manner of the Canterbury Tales, in six tales 'told' on an emigrant ship bound for Australia. The Introduction refers to a becalmed, peaceful ship, 'Yet exiles there with grief and sorrow, / Wept the past, or feared the morrow, / Thinking now of England's strand, / Now of Australia's sunny land.' And in 'The Peasant's Tale': 'On Yarra's banks a cot is seen, / Where flourish oak and cedar green, / And every flower rich and rare / Australia spreads, is clustered there. / Not wanting England's hardier plants, / Brought from the exile's native haunts'. In the Preface the author maintains these 'stories contain more of truth than fiction, and the scenes are drawn from real life.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Emigrant Ship, and Other Poems. To get started finding The Emigrant Ship, and Other Poems, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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