Michael Howe's Lament single work   poetry   "Through pathless wilds condemn'd to roam,"
Issue Details: First known date: 1840... 1840 Michael Howe's Lament
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Notes

  • Author's note: Scene - Michael Howe's Marsh, near Anstey Barton, Van Diemen's Land.
  • Editor's note: [in reference to the stanza:'But darksome visions often cross/ My frenzied brain with image dread/ That shows my own deserted corpse/ Expos'd to view, without the head.*'] *Michael Howe's head was conveyed to Hobart Town; and the body was buried, but subsequently disinterred, probably by wild animals.

  • Mike Howe's Marsh is located in an area between Oatlands and Interlaken.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Headlong Rhymes 'A Policeman' , Hobart : 1840 Z1158399 1840 selected work poetry satire Hobart : 1840 pg. 3-6
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Courier 15 July 1842 Z1341653 1842 newspaper issue 1842 pg. 4
    Note: In Column: Original Poetry
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