Midnight in the Belfry : New Year's Eve single work   poetry   "What says the passing bell,"
Issue Details: First known date: 1887... 1887 Midnight in the Belfry : New Year's Eve
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Leader 31 December 1887 Z628182 1887 periodical issue 1887 pg. 33
Alternative title: Midnight in the Belfry
First line of verse: "List! to the passing bell,"
Notes:
Written as Dio. Dodd.
Notes:
The first two stanzas of this version are very similar to the 1887 publication. There are only 4 stanzas in this version as opposed to five and many of the religious references have been removed.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Melbourne Punch vol. 100 no. 2528 7 January 1904 Z1380482 1904 periodical issue 1904 pg. 7
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