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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Obituaries & funerals

Obituaries & funerals, 1854

3 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

Original Poetry. on the Death of a Favourite Child

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1854 · page 3

Thou at gone to the dust, and thine ashes are laid, Like the wan leaves of autumn, to sleep in the shade; Unknown and forget by the world they may be, But the earth that enshrouds them is sacred to me…

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Select Poetry. on the Death of Sheridan. "Principibus placuisse virus."— HORACH

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 9 December 1854 · page 4

Yes, grief will have way, but the fast-falling fear Shall be mingled with deep [?] on those Who could busk in that spirit's meridian career, And yet leave it thus lonely and dark at its close…

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Original Poetry. in the M[?]ur-lamented Death of a Youthful. Wife and Mother, Who Had for Merly Been the Author's Pupil

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 23 December 1854 · page 4

I knew her in those happy days, When cure of sorrow's trace Lurks not beaeath the [?] rays That light up childhood's face;…

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