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Issue Details: First known date: 1838... 1838 Poetic Trifles
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Notes

  • Epigraph: These are delights / If my experience hath not, truant-like, / Misspent the time, which I have strove to use / For bettering my mind. (Ford)

  • In an 'Introduction', the author claims that this selected work was the 'first publication of the kind in the Colony' [Van Diemen's Land], and hopes that it will 'waken' the colony's 'slumbering poetical energies, and excite others to nobler and more successful attempts'.
  • Dedication: To Sir John Franklin, K.C.H., K.R., Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land and its dependencies, &c.&c., this little volume is, by permission, respectfully inscribed by His Excellency's most obedient and very humble servant, the author.

Contents

* Contents derived from the Hobart, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,:S. A. Tegg , 1838 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Mountainsi"Mountains! ye who laugh at Time!", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 1-5)
Canzoneti"Oh! could I but for once forget", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 6-7)
The Negro Woman to the Sick White Mani"The setting sun is beautiful,", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 8-11)
The Village Greeni"Oh! yes, we do remember well", K. , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
The Willowi"Oh, Willow, waving droopingly", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
The Dying Girli"Lay me beside my mother,", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Youth, Pride, and Lovei"Youth, one summer morning, who vainly had tried", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
A Farewelli"We part, dear girl, but not like those", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 20-22)
To Francescai"Loved Francesca! - saddening things", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 23-26)
The Warrior's Motheri"She taught him of his father's deeds,", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 27-28)
Lifei"What is Life, - come tell me youngster", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 29-31)
The Magician's Legacyi"I have not fear'd a monarch's frown, -", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 32-35)
Do You Think of Mei"Do you think of me at morn,", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 36-37)
Verses (Suggested by the New Year)i"The New Year comes again - not such as we", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 38-41)
Who Shall Be Our Companions?i"Who shall be our companions now?", K. , single work poetry (p. 42-43)
Stanzasi"Who shall shield thee, little one,", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 44-45)
Lines (Written to a Portrait)i"Is Art not beautiful - the Painter's Art? -", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 46)
Chansonettei"When lovers are sighing before us,", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 47)
And Shall We Forget Themi"And shall we forget them - the shores", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 48-49)
Stanzasi"Thy coffin slowly sinketh, and thy father scatters now", James Knox , single work poetry (p. 50-51)
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Works about this Work

y separately published work icon Tasmania and Australian Poetry Vivian Smith , Hobart : University of Tasmania , 1984 Z103086 1983 single work criticism
Untitled Anonymous , 1838 single work review
— Appears in: The Tasmanian and Austral-Asiatic Review , 6 April 1838; (p. 108-109)
— Review of Poetic Trifles James Knox , 1838 selected work poetry
Untitled Anonymous , 1838 single work review
— Appears in: The Tasmanian and Austral-Asiatic Review , 6 April 1838; (p. 108-109)
— Review of Poetic Trifles James Knox , 1838 selected work poetry
y separately published work icon Tasmania and Australian Poetry Vivian Smith , Hobart : University of Tasmania , 1984 Z103086 1983 single work criticism
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