Select Poetry. Calm and Storm. (From Frazer's Magazine.)
The little bark goes gaily on, Careering o'er the deep; The breeze so gently swells her sail, The wind seem chained in sleep…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods & storms, 1831
6 stories in Sydney's papers
Original Poetry. Lines Written During the Thunder Storm, at Daybreak on Saturday Morning, the 16th INST
'Tis early dawnâthe storm is heard on high; No blushing roses deck the eastern sky; But deepest gloom o'erspreads the op[?]ning day, And frowning clouds without one cheering ray;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Poetry. the Storm. "I hear[?] the giant stride Of desolation stalking thro' the world In ruminating silence."—T. ROBINSON
IN sullen dignity the god of day Pours on the world his wild expiring rayâ Around his head the fiery vapours closeâ Wido o'er the plain a ling'ring brightness glowsâ…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Flood at Hunter's River. to the Editor of the Sydney Monitor. Maitland, 13th May, 1831
SIR, On Sunday the 1st instant the waters rose so fast as to cover the crops and fill the houses. On Wednesday morning the flood was at its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dreadful Gale at Tonga. (Communicated by an Eye Witness.)
On Wednesday, March 23d, commenced one of the heaviest gales that the oldest inhabitant on the island ever recollected. The weather for several days…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bathurst. [From Our Correspondent.] "Know ye the land of the mountain and flood?"
THURSDAY, DEC. l.—MATRIMONIAL FESTIVITIES AT ALLOWAY BANK.—This rustic retreat, the residence of Captain Piper, was on Thursday last the scene of unalloyed hilarity, on the…
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