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Notes

This poem originally appeared in the Australian Town and Country Journal in June 1879 with the accompanying author's note:

'Dear Sir, - I send herewith some verses specially written for the TOWN AND COUNTRY. The lyric is founded on an old Celtic legend called Hy-Brasil. The legend says that when Adam and Eve were turned out of the garden, it was taken away and placed as a floating island in the Sunset seas. Many of the old Irish monks believed this story; and, it is related that more than one of them sailed west in search of it. Hy-Brasil was the name given to this fabulous floating Paradise. - Yours, Henry Kendall. Camden Haven, June 3, 1879.'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Appears in:

y The Australian Town and Country Journal vol. 19 no. 492 14 June 1879 Z636262 1879 newspaper issue 1879
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1879
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pg. 1132
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y Songs from the Mountains Henry Kendall , Sydney London : William Maddock Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington , 1880 Z241194 1880 selected work poetry Sydney London : William Maddock Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington , 1880
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1880
)
pg. 33-37
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y The Freeman's Journal vol. 31 no. 1919 18 December 1880 Z1781842 1880 newspaper issue 1880
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1880
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pg. 19
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y An Anthology of Australian Verse Bertram Stevens (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1907 Z407025 1907 anthology poetry Abstract A selection of published and previously unpublished verse 'representative of the best short poems written by Australians or inspired by Australian scenery and conditions of life, - "Australian" in this connection being used to include New Zealand.' (Introduction, p. vii) Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1907
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1907
)
pg. 43-45
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y The Golden Treasury of Australian Verse Bertram Stevens (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1909 Z59189 1909 anthology poetry humour Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1909
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1909
)
pg. 44-47
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y Selections from the Australian Poets Bertram Stevens (editor), George Mackaness (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1913 Z521150 1913 anthology poetry Sydney : Cornstalk Publishing , 1925
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1925
)
pg. 83-85
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y Rose Lorraine and Other Poems Henry Kendall , Sydney : W. H. Honey , 1945 Z1186265 1945 selected work poetry Sydney : W. H. Honey , 1945
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1945
)
pg. 7-10
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y Selected Poems of Henry Kendall Henry Kendall , T. Inglis Moore (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z407547 1957 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957
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1957
)
pg. 199-200
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y The Poetical Works of Henry Kendall Henry Kendall , Thomas Thornton Reed (editor), Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia , 1966 Z571473 1966 selected work poetry Abstract This critical edition includes 90 previously uncollected poems and collates manuscripts of the poems and their appearances in periodicals and newspapers during the poet's life-time. There are copious biographical and critical notes, indexes and a bibliography. Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia , 1966
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1966
)
pg. 155-156
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y A Treasury of Colonial Poetry Milsons Point : Currawong , 1982 Z363730 1982 anthology poetry Milsons Point : Currawong , 1982
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1982
)
pg. 196-197
Appears in:

y Selected Poems of Henry Kendall Henry Kendall , T. Inglis Moore (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z407547 1957 selected work poetry Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1988
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1988
)
pg. 199-200