The Fancy Ball sequence   poetry   satire  
Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 The Fancy Ball
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'By John Rae, extremely poor. In part, reprinted in the People's Advocate, 31 March 1849...' (Webby)

Notes

  • Author's note: Given to the Citizens by the Right Worshipful James Robert Wilshire Esq., Mayor of the City of Sydney, at the Royal Victoria Theatre, on the 21st August, 1844.
  • Dedication: Inscribed to His Worship, the Parent of the Ball, by One of the Invited.
  • Title note: A Poem in Four Cantos.

  • Epigraph: 'There was a sound of revelry by night,/ And Belgium's capital had gathered then/ Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright/ The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men;-/ A thousand hearts beat happily; and when/ Music arose, with its voluptuous swell, /Soft, eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, /And all went merry as a marriage-bell.

    On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined;/ No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet/ To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.'

    Byron

Includes

The Mayor's Fancy Ball : Canto the First i "Were ne'er before in Sydney seen,", Alpha , 1845 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 April vol. 19 no. 2468 1845; (p. 2-3)
The Mayor's Fancy Ball : Canto the Second i "The heart grows sick, 'tis often said,", Alpha , 1845 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14 April vol. 19 no. 2470 1845; (p. 2)
The Mayor's Fancy Ball : Canto the Third i "The season was over - the Play-house was closed,-", Alpha , 1845 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 15 April vol. 19 no. 2471 1845; (p. 2-3)
The Mayor's Fancy Ball : Canto the Fourth i "Harp of Australia ! lift thy voice on high!", Alpha , 1845 single work poetry satire
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18 April vol. 19 no. 2474 1845; (p. 3)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Sydney Morning Herald vol. 19 no. 2468 11 April 1845 Z1650339 1845 newspaper issue 1845 pg. 2
    Note: Link is to the title, author's note and epigraph above the first canto of the sequence.
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Works about this Work

Beverley Suttor, Redivivus 1845 single work column
— Appears in: The Morning Chronicle , 3 May vol. 2 no. 165 1845; (p. 2)
Review 1845 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 May vol. 2 no. 328 1845; (p. 3)
— Review of The Fancy Ball Alpha , 1845 sequence poetry
Untitled Alpha , 1845 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 April vol. 19 no. 2468 1845; (p. 2)
Review 1845 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 May vol. 2 no. 328 1845; (p. 3)
— Review of The Fancy Ball Alpha , 1845 sequence poetry
Untitled Alpha , 1845 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 April vol. 19 no. 2468 1845; (p. 2)
Beverley Suttor, Redivivus 1845 single work column
— Appears in: The Morning Chronicle , 3 May vol. 2 no. 165 1845; (p. 2)
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Last amended 8 Aug 2012 17:00:10
Subjects:
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1844
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