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Twelve poems about the River Torrens. The poems appear with authors noted as 'AB', 'CD', 'EF', 'GH' etc. Some poems use the style of English poets such as Robert Southey, Edmund Spenser and Irish poet, Thomas Moore. The Torrens bard may be Timothy Short (q.v.).
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Author's note: In the Second No. of the South Australian Magazine, a Mr. Peter Pencil observes, speaking of the Torrens, that that not a single Poet, as far as he is aware, has composed a single stanza in its honour...
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Mooreish
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"Flow on thou gentle river",
1841
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Independent and Cabinet of Amusement , 19 August vol. 1 no. 3 1841; (p. 12) -
Spenserian
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"Thou pretty Torrens! what a syren noise",
1841
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Independent and Cabinet of Amusement , 19 August vol. 1 no. 3 1841; (p. 12) -
Mooreish Again
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"There's a bower of wattle by Torren's stream,",
1841
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Independent and Cabinet of Amusement , 19 August vol. 1 no. 3 1841; (p. 12) -
Invocation to the Torrens
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"Roll, rapidly roll on, rough, rushing river!",
1841
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Independent and Cabinet of Amusement , 19 August vol. 1 no. 3 1841; (p. 12) -
Rhythmical
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"Mr. Editor has told us no one writes upon the river,",
1841
single work
poetry
humour
— Appears in: The Adelaide Independent and Cabinet of Amusement , 19 August vol. 1 no. 3 1841; (p. 12) -
Interrogative
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"River, river, why dost thou run?",
1841
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Independent and Cabinet of Amusement , 19 August vol. 1 no. 3 1841; (p. 12) -
Contemplative
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"I sit where Torrens pours his fitful stream,",
1841
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Independent and Cabinet of Amusement , 19 August vol. 1 no. 3 1841; (p. 12) -
Nurserian
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"Where are you going to, my pretty maid?",
1841
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Independent and Cabinet of Amusement , 19 August vol. 1 no. 3 1841; (p. 12) -
Consequential
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"From yonder bank has latterly arisen,",
1841
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Independent and Cabinet of Amusement , 19 August vol. 1 no. 3 1841; (p. 12) -
Abridged
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"It is a noble bridge, and it will last -",
1841
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Independent and Cabinet of Amusement , 19 August vol. 1 no. 3 1841; (p. 12) -
Ossianic
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"When grey twilight, the ghost of day,",
1841
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Independent and Cabinet of Amusement , 19 August vol. 1 no. 3 1841; (p. 12) -
Southeyan
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"How beautiful this river is!",
1841
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Adelaide Independent and Cabinet of Amusement , 19 August vol. 1 no. 3 1841; (p. 12)
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Subjects:
- River Torrens, Adelaide, South Australia,
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