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Author's note: A fable propagated by Mr. R. Montgomery Martin, but without foundation in fact.
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The note appears as a footnote to the second line of the second verse: 'Our flowers without scent and our birds without song,'
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Robert Montgomery Martin (1803?-1868), Irish born author and civil servant, published works on the British Empire including a five volume work, History of the British Colonies (1834-5).
Source: Frank H. H. King, 'Martin, Robert Montgomery (1800x02-1868)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online edn, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18208, accessed 6 July 2010]
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