The Bridge of Life single work   poetry   "A river lies beneath me. The blue wave,"
Place: Shoalhaven River, South Coast, New South Wales,
Issue Details: First known date: 1857... 1857 The Bridge of Life
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  • Author's note: A Dream on the Banks of the Shoalhaven River

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First line of verse: "Scenes of the past, no more on memory throng," Serialised by: The Illawarra Mercury 1855 newspaper (353 issues)
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This revised version begins with a sonnet, omits stanza four and has a number of small changes to punctuation, typeface and word contractions. A line, missing from the original fifth stanza, is inserted and each stanza is numbered.
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Epigraph: Dark river of Death that is flowing / Between the bright city and me. (James Edmeston 1791-1867)
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Serialised in three instalments in The Illawarra Mercury on 18 June, 12 & 30 July, 1861.
First known date: 1857
Serialised by: The Illawarra Mercury 1855 newspaper (353 issues)
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Serialised in five instalments in The Illawarra Mercury on 20 April, 4 & 25 May, 29 June, 20 July, 1857.
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