The King and the Metropolitan single work   poetry   "King George though once the noblest King"
Issue Details: First known date: 1860... 1860 The King and the Metropolitan
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Notes

  • Author's note: A famous Ballad, from the "Jests of St. Andrew's, not found in Percy's Reliques."
  • A poem on a dispute between Church of England minister Rev. George King, then of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, and his superior, Bishop Frederic Barker.

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    y separately published work icon The Empire 10 October 1860 Z1761156 1860 newspaper issue 1860 pg. 3
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