Nugae Australes : No. II : The Cemetery single work   poetry   "Bourn of the young and old, the sad, the gay,"
Issue Details: First known date: 1825... 1825 Nugae Australes : No. II : The Cemetery
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Notes

  • At the end of this poem, the poet notes that the cemetery is bereft of Lachlan Macquarie's remains: One urn sepulchral yet is wanting here, / That shall a weeping empire's tears contain; / Tho' piled in Scotin's isles that chieftain's bier, / The mourners dwell athwart the Southern main / And ever and anon across the seas. / Thy Requiem sighs — Macquarie to the breeze.

    [Macquarie is buried on the Isle of Mull in Scotland.]

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    y separately published work icon The Australian no. 22 10 March 1825 Z1835838 1825 newspaper issue 1825 pg. 3
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Related Works

Nugae Australes : No. I : Port Jackson i "I love to gaze upon thy placid bay,", G. (fl. 1825-1826) , 1825 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian , 10 February no. 18 1825; (p. 3)
Nugae Australes : No. IV : Belle Vue i "Thus fitly called, tho' visited by few,", G. (fl. 1825-1826) , 1825 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian , 28 July no. 42 1825; (p. 3)
  • 'Contains praise of Macquarie.' (Webby)
  • Includes the line 'Here wert thou wont to take thy ev'ning drive', referring to Belle Vue, later known as Bellevue Hills. The poem praises Belle Vue's natural beauty. It was apparently an area favoured by Governor Lachlan Macquarie.
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Subjects:
  • New South Wales,
  • Isle of Mull,
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    Scotland,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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