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ghosts in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses

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1896
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ghosts in In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses

[Dec. -- 1890] Dan, the Wreck Tall, and stout, and solid-looking, A Prouder Man Than You If you fancy that your people came of better stock than mine, [June -- 1892] The Song and the Sigh The creek went down with a broken song, [Mar. -- 1889] The Cambaroora Star So you're writing for a paper? Well,…

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In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses; Henry Lawson
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1896; Project Gutenberg public-domain transcription
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ghosts
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Federation Era
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Australia (Australia): B
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[Dec. -- 1890] Dan, the Wreck Tall, and stout, and solid-looking, A Prouder Man Than You If you fancy that your people came of better stock than mine, [June -- 1892] The Song and the Sigh The creek went down with a broken song, [Mar. -- 1889] The Cambaroora Star So you're writing for a paper? Well, it's nothing very new [Dec. -- 1891] After All The brooding ghosts of Australian night have gone from the bush and town; Marshall's Mate You almost heard the surface bake, and saw the gum-leaves turn -- [July -- 1895] The Poets of the Tomb The world has had enough of bards who wish that they were dead, [Oct. -- 1892] Australian Bards.

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