Stanzas, Written on the Death of an Irish Emigrant Girl at Sea single work   poetry   "Weep for the dead! let the mourning wail"
Issue Details: First known date: 1844... 1844 Stanzas, Written on the Death of an Irish Emigrant Girl at Sea
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'On the death of an Irish immigrant girl on board ship.' (Webby)

Notes

  • This poem is based on the account of a death at sea given in 'Lays of Australian Emigration'.

Affiliation Notes

  • This work has been affiliated with the Irishness in Australian Literature dataset because it contains Irish characters, settings, tropes or themes.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: A Lament
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Bee of Australia no. 2 26 October 1844 Z1604243 1844 newspaper issue 1844 pg. 4
    Note: With title: A Lament
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Bathurst Free Press vol. 2 no. 59 16 November 1850 Z1630044 1850 newspaper issue 1850 pg. 4
    Note: Editor's note: (From the Australian Era)
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Freeman's Journal no. 22 21 November 1850 Z1746660 1850 newspaper issue 1850 pg. 4
    Note: Editor's note: (From the Australian Era)
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Related Works

Lays of Australian Emigration E. K. S. , 1844 single work prose
— Appears in: The Bee of Australia , 26 October no. 2 1844; (p. 4)
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