Sonnets on the War sequence   poetry  
Composed: Sydney, New South Wales,
Issue Details: First known date: 1856... 1856 Sonnets on the War
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Notes

  • A sequence of sonnets critical of the outcome of the Crimean War, lamenting that despite the heroism and sacrifice of life by the Alliance armies, Russia remained a threat to Europe, etc.

Includes

Sonnets on the War : I i "Oh! England! Glorious England! Has the blood", X. B. , 1856 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 August 1856; (p. 5)
Sonnets on the War : II i "Above their graves shall future travellers pause,", X. B. , 1856 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 August 1856; (p. 5) The Southern Cross , 31 December vol. 14 no. 1 1859; (p. 2)
Sonnets on the War : III i "Their glory wraps the Universal Earth", X. B. , 1856 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 August 1856; (p. 5)
Sonnets on the War : IV i "Ye kites and eagles of Crimean plains!", X. B. , 1856 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 August 1856; (p. 5)
Sonnets on the War : V i "Oh! Poland! Italy! Each a deathless name,", X. B. , 1856 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 August 1856; (p. 5)
Sonnets on the War : VI i "Ah me! the world's a vault that History paves", X. B. , 1856 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 August 1856; (p. 5)
Sonnets on the War : VII i "Sebastopol! that on the sable sea", X. B. , 1856 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 August 1856; (p. 5)
Sonnets on the War : VIII i "Why should ye thus, unthinking multitude!", X. B. , 1856 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 August 1856; (p. 5)
Sonnets on the War : IX i "'Twixt East and West a giant shape she grew,", X. B. , 1856 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 28 August 1856; (p. 5) The Collins Book of Australian Poetry 1981; (p. 24-25)

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    y separately published work icon The Empire 28 August 1856 Z1729075 1856 newspaper issue 1856 pg. 5
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