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# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Eliott, Gilbert

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​Eliott, Gilbert, C.M.G., sometime Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Queensland, was third son of Sir William Eliott, the 6th Bart. of that name, of Stobs, Roxburghshire. He was born in 1796, and married, in 1830, Isabella Lucy, daughter of the Rev. Robert Eliott, vicar of Askham (who died in 1871). He emigrated to Queensland, and was elected to the first Legislative Assembly of that colony in April 1860, as member for Wide Bay. On the meeting of the House in May he was elected the first Speaker, and, having been thrice successively re-elected in the next three Parliaments, voluntarily retired in Nov. 1870, when he was created C.M.G. He died on June 30th, 1871. Mr. Eliott's eldest son, Gilbert William, was a police magistrate in Queensland from 1865 to 1878; and, by his marriage with Jane Penelope, daughter of Thomas Thomson, of Tasmania, had a son, Gilbert Francis Eliott, born in 1859, who is Engineer of Harbours and Rivers for Northern Queensland, and has been resident at Townsville since 1880.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Embling, Thomas

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​Embling, Thomas, M.R.C.S., L.S.A., is a native of Oxford, and was born in 1814. After embracing the medical profession, and becoming M.R.C.S. England, and L.S.A. London, he left for Australia in Oct. 1850, and after spending "Black Thursday" in Adelaide, S.A., reached Melbourne in Feb. 1851. Shortly after his arrival he was commissioned to overhaul the management of the Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum; and having done this successfully, commenced the practice of his profession in Fitzroy, Melbourne, in 1853. In the following year he took a prominent part in the agitation for the redress of the gold-diggers' grievances, which culminated in the regrettable outbreaks at Ballarat and elsewhere. In 1855 Dr. Embling entered the Legislative Council as member for North Bourke, and represented Collingwood in the Assembly from 1856 to 1869, when he retired from political life. Dr. Embling aided in the start of the eight hours movement, and endeavoured to pass the Torrens (Land Transfer) Act through Parliament; but the measure was for the time rejected, though subsequently adopted on the initiative of Mr. Service. Dr. Embling was successful in obtaining a committee to inquire into the industries of the colony, which reported in favour of Protection; but it was several years before the present fiscal policy was adopted. Dr. Embling has long since retired from the practice of his profession.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Elder, William

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​Elder, William, was the eldest son of George Elder, of Kirkcaldy, Scotland, and Joanna Haddo, his wife, and brother of Sir Thomas Elder (q.v.), and of Mr. A. L. Elder (q.v.). He was in the merchant service, and first came to South Australia in command of the ship Malcolm. He subsequently became a member of the eminent firm of Elder & Co., of Adelaide, but retired in 1854, and returned to reside in Scotland. He died at Cannes in April 1882, at the age of seventy-eight.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/English, Hon. Thomas

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​English, Hon. Thomas, M.L.C., sometime Minister of Works, South Australia, was a member of the Legislative Council of that colony from 1865 to 1878 and from 1882 till his death, and was Commissioner of Public Works in the Hart Government from Oct. 1865 to March 1866, and in the Boucaut Ministry from the latter date till May 1867. He died on Dec. 17th, 1884.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Strangways, Thomas Bewes

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​Strangways, Thomas Bewes, uncle of the above, second son of late Henry Bull Strangways, of Shapwick, Somerset, J. P., and Colonel Commandant of the Polden Hill (Somerset) Local Militia, was born in 1810. Having served as ensign 71st Foot, he, in 1836, with his brother Giles Edward Strangways, accompanied Captain (afterwards Rear-Admiral) Sir John Hindmarsh in the Buffalo to found the colony of South Australia. He was present at the inauguration of the colony ​at Glenelg on Dec. 28th, 1836; appointed Acting Colonial Secretary August 22nd, 1837, on the suspension of Mr. Robert Gouger. Resigned July 13th, 1838; settled on his property at the Inman Valley, where he farmed for many years, subsequently removing to the neighbourhood of Adelaide. He married Miss Lavinia Albina Fowler, and died at Glenelg in 1859 without issue.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Stops, Frederick

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​Stops, Frederick, J. P., was appointed clerk to the Solicitor-General of Tasmania in Nov. 1855; clerk to the Attorney-General in 1860; and secretary to the Law Department in Jan. 1884. He is author of an edition of "The Statutes of Tasmania, alphabetically arranged, with Notes" (Hobart, 1883-90, 5 vols.).
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Stow, Jefferson Pickman

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​Stow, Jefferson Pickman, S.M., second son of the late Rev. Thomas Quentin Stow (q.v.) was born on Sept. 4th, 1830, at Buntingford, Hertfordshire, and came to South Australia with his parents in 1837. After engaging in farming pursuits, he went to the Victorian diggings in 1856, and to the Northern Territory in 1864. In the following year he formed one of a party of seven who sailed from Adam Bay in the Northern Territory to Champion Bay in Western Australia in a small ship's boat named the Forlorn Hope. An account of this expedition was published by Mr. Stow, who in 1876 was appointed editor of the South Australian Advertiser in succession to Mr. Harcus. Mr. Stow is the author of "South Australia: its History, Productions and Natural Resources," compiled at the request of the South Australian government for circulation at the Calcutta Exhibition, and published in 1883. It is a well written and concise manual, and has had an extensive circulation in Australia, England and India. Mr. Stow was appointed a magistrate in 1884, and in 1886 Commissioner of Insolvency, and Special and Stipendiary Magistrate at Mount Gambier.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Strahan, Major Sir George Cumine

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​Strahan, Major Sir George Cumine, R.A., G.C.M.G., formerly Governor of Tasmania, was the son of the late Rev. W. D. Strahan, and was born in 1838. He was educated at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, and entered the Royal Artillery as lieutenant in Oct. 1857, becoming captain in 1871 and major on the retired list in 1874. Sir George was appointed in Jan. 1859 aide-de-camp to Mr. Gladstone, when Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, and continued in the same post under Sir Henry Storks. He was Chief Secretary to the Government of Malta for some time in 1868 to 1869, Colonial Secretary and acting Governor in the Bahamas from 1868 to 1873, Administrator of the Government of Lagos in 1873, Governor of the Gold Coast from 1874 to 1876, and of the Windward Islands from 1876 to 1880, when he was appointed Governor of Tasmania, a post which he held from Dec. 7th, 1881, to Oct. 28th, 1886. He married, in 1877, Catherine, eldest daughter of R. Reade, of New York (who died in 1878), and was created C.M.G. in 1875, K.C.M.G. in 1880. He died at Bournemouth on Feb. 17th, 1887.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Stout, Hon. Sir Robert

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​Stout, Hon. Sir Robert, K.C.M.G., son of Thomas Stout, was born in Terniche, Shetland Isles, in 1844, and was educated at the parish school, where he became a pupil teacher. In 1863 he emigrated to New Zealand, where he pursued his occupation as a schoolmaster in Dunedin. In 1867 he studied law, and passed as a barrister and solicitor in 1871. In the following year he entered the Provincial Council of Otago, and in 1873 was Provincial Solicitor. In 1875 Mr. Stout was elected to the House of Representatives for Cavenham, and became Attorney-General in Sir George Grey's administration in March 1878, taking also the portfolio of Lands and Immigration in July. Sir George Grey went out of office in Oct. 1879. giving place to Mr. (afterwards Sir John) Hall. In the previous June Mr. Stout had resigned both his office and his seat in the House of Representatives. He did not enter Parliament again till 1884, when he was elected M.H.R. for Dunedin, and joined with Sir Julius Vogel in forming the Stout-Vogel Ministry, in which he was Premier and Attorney-General and Minister of Education. Upon the defeat of this Government in Oct. 1887, Sir Robert Stout, who had lost his seat in Parliament, decided to abstain from political contests, though he has devoted himself to social and politico-social questions. He was created K.C.M.G. in 1886, and is a Fellow of the New Zealand University. Sir Robert is credited with being in a large degree responsible for the policy of the Ballance administration. In religion Sir Robert Stout is an Agnostic, and may be regarded as the leader of the Freethought party in New Zealand.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Stow, Augustine

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​Stow, Augustine, J.P., son of the Rev. Thomas Quentin Stow (q.v.), was a member of the Assembly for West Torrens from 1863 to 1864, and for Flinders from 1866 to 1868. In March of the following year he was elected to the Legislative Council, and retained his seat till Sept. 1871, when he resigned. Mr. Stow was Chief Secretary in Mr. Strangways' Ministry for a few days in May 1870. In 1877 he entered the Government service, and in April 1884 was appointed Registrar of Probates, and Chief Clerk in the Supreme Court. He is also Commissioner of Inland Revenue without salary.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Stow, His Honour Randolph Isham

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​Stow, His Honour Randolph Isham, sometime judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia, was the eldest son of the late Rev. Thomas Quentin Stow (q.v.), and was born in Suffolk on Dec. 17th, 1828. He came to Adelaide with his parents in 1837, and was educated at Mr. Wylie's school. He was articled to the legal firm of Bartley & Bakewell, with whom he became a partner, but commenced practice on his own account in 1859. Mr. Justice Stow was member for West Torrens in the Legislative Assembly from 1861 to 1862, for Victoria from 1863 to 1864, for East Torrens from 1867 to 1868, and for Light from 1873 to 1875. He was very successful in the practice of his profession, and was Attorney-General in the Reynolds Ministry from May to Oct. 1861, in that of Mr. Waterhouse from Oct. 1861 to July 1863, in that of Mr. Ayers from July to August 1864; and in the Blyth Government from August 1864 to March 1865. In 1875 Mr. Stow, who was a Q.C., and the leader of the Adelaide bar, was made a judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia in succession to Mr. Justice Wearing, who was drowned in the Gothenburg. Mr. Justice Stow died on Sept. 17th, 1878.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Strachan, Hon. James Ford

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​Strachan, Hon. James Ford, was an early settler in Port Phillip (Vict.), and a leading merchant in Melbourne, in which city he built the first brick store. He was an active promoter of separation from New South Wales, and when the colony of Victoria was constituted in 1851 he was returned to the semi-elective Legislative Council, then the only chamber, as member for Geelong in October of that year. After responsible government was conceded in 1855, Mr. Strachan was elected to the first wholly elective Legislative Council for the South-western Province. He was a member of the second Haines Ministry without portfolio from April 1857 to March 1858. During the great constitutional battle between the two Houses on the tariff and Darling grant "tacks" Mr. Strachan took a leading part on the side of the Council, ​and resigning his seat for the South-western Province, contested the Western against the late Henry Miller, who had accepted office under Sir J. M'Culloch, and defeated him. He died at Geelong on April 14th, 1875, aged sixty-five years.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Stow, Rev. Thomas Quentin

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​Stow, Rev. Thomas Quentin, who was born at Hadleigh, Suffolk, on July 7th, 1801, emigrated to South Australia in 1837, and became the first minister of the Congregational Church erected in North Terrace, Adelaide. He was, in fact, the first regular clergyman of any religious body who officiated in South Australia, with the exception of the Rev. C. B. Howard, the Colonial Chaplain. The church in North Terrace was built of pines and reeds, Mr. Stow assisting the labourers in the erection of the building. In England he had commenced his pastorate at Framlingham, Suffolk, and afterwards preached at Buntingford in Hertfordshire, and at Halstead in Essex, leaving the latter place to go to South Australia under the auspices of the Colonial Missionary Society. For a short time after his arrival in Adelaide, in Oct. 1837 he preached in a tent, and after leaving North Terrace occupied the pulpit of the Freeman Street Church. He died at Sydney whilst on a visit on July 19th, 1862. Mr. Stow was one of the most able opponents of the introduction of state aid to religion from 1846 to 1851, and the failure of the attempt was largely owing to his vigorous efforts. The esteem in which he was held is attested by the erection of the Stow Memorial Church in Adelaide, which was built to perpetuate the public esteem in which he was held.
# The Dying Child (Clare)

Edmund Blunden; Alan Porter (1920). John Clare: Poems chiefly from manuscript. Richard Cobden-Sanderson, London. pp. 237–.
He could not die when trees were green, For he loved the time too well. His little hands, when flowers were seen, Were held for the bluebell, As he was carried o'er the green.
His eye glanced at the white-nosed bee; He knew those children of the spring: When he was well and on the lea He held one in his hands to sing, Which filled his heart with glee.
Infants, the children of the spring! How can an infant die When butterflies are on the wing, Green grass, and such a sky? How can they die at spring?
He held his hands for daisies white, And then for violets blue, And took them all to bed at night That in the green fields grew, As childhood's sweet delight.
And then he shut his little eyes, And flowers would notice not; Birds' nests and eggs caused no surprise, He now no blossoms got; They met with plaintive sighs.
When winter came and blasts did sigh, And bare were plain and tree, As he for ease in bed did lie His soul seemed with the free, He died so quietly.
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# The Dying Christian to his Soul

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VITAL spark of heav'nly flame!
 Quit, O quit this mortal frame:
 Trembling, hoping, ling'ring, flying,
 O the pain, the bliss of dying!
Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife,
And let me languish into life.
   Hark! they whisper; angels say,
 Sister Spirit, come away!
 What is this absorbs me quite?
 Steals my senses, shuts my sight,
Drowns my spirits, draws my breath?
Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
  The world recedes; it disappears!
Heav'n opens on my eyes! my ears
 With sounds seraphic ring!
Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly!
O Grave! where is thy victory?
 O Death! where is thy sting?
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# The Dying Bard's Prophecy

* The Dying Bard's Prophecy, a Welsh Melody (1822) taken from The Collected Works.
* The Dying Bard's Prophecy, in National Lyrics, and Songs for Music, 1834.
# The Dying Child

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* The Dying Child, a poem by John Clare
* The Dying Child, a poem by Letitia Elizabeth Landon "Her cheek is flush'd with fever red"
* The Dying Child, a poem by Letitia Elizabeth Landon, paraphrased from the German "Oh mother, what brings music here?"
# The Dying Of Pere Pierre

". . . with two other priests; the same night he died, and was buried by the shores of the lake that bears his name." Chronicle.
"Nay, grieve not that ye can no honour give To these poor bones that presently must be But carrion; since I have sought to live Upon God's earth, as He hath guided me, I shall not lack! Where would ye have me lie? High heaven is higher than cathedral nave: Do men paint chancels fairer than the sky?" Beside the darkened lake they made his grave, Below the altar of the hills; and night Swung incense clouds of mist in creeping lines That twisted through the tree-trunks, where the light Groped through the arches of the silent pines: And he, beside the lonely path he trod, Lay, tombed in splendour, in the House of God.
# The Dying Chauffeur

First published in The Muse Among the Motors (1904)
Adam Lindsay Gordon.
Wheel me gently to the garage, since my car and I must part —
 No more for me the record and the run. That cursed left-hand cylinder the doctors call my heart  Is pinking past redemption — I am done!
They'll never strike a mixture that'll help me pull my load.  My gears are stripped — I cannot set my brakes. I am entered for the finals down the timeless untimed Road  To the Maker of the makers of all makes!
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# The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/The Corn-Stalk Fiddle

THE CORN-STALK FIDDLE When the corn 's all cut and the bright stalks shine  Like the burnished spears of a field of gold; When the field-mice rich on the nubbins dine,  And the frost comes white and the wind blows cold; Then it's heigho! fellows and hi-diddle-diddle, For the time is ripe for the corn-stalk fiddle.
And you take a stalk that is straight and long,  With an expert eye to its worthy points, And you think of the bubbling strains of song  That are bound between its pithy joints— Then you cut out strings, with a bridge in the middle, With a corn-stalk bow for a corn-stalk fiddle.
Then the strains that grow as you draw the bow  O'er the yielding strings with a practised hand! And the music's flow never loud but low  Is the concert note of a fairy band. Oh, your dainty songs are a misty riddle To the simple sweets of the corn-stalk fiddle.
When the eve comes on, and our work is done,  And the sun drops down with a tender glance, With their hearts all prime for the harmless fun,  Come the neighbor girls for the evening's dance, And they wait for the well-known twist and twiddle— More time than tune—from the corn-stalk fiddle.
Then brother Jabez takes the bow,  While Ned stands off with Susan Bland, Then Henry stops by Milly Snow,  And John takes Nellie Jones's hand, While I pair off with Mandy Biddle, And scrape, scrape, scrape goes the corn-stalk fiddle.
"Salute your partners," comes the call,  "All join hands and circle round," "Grand train back," and "Balance all,"  Footsteps lightly spurn the ground. "Take your lady and balance down the middle" To the merry strains of the corn-stalk fiddle.
So the night goes on and the dance is o'er,  And the merry girls are homeward gone, But I see it all in my sleep once more,  And I dream till the very break of dawn Of an impish dance on a red-hot griddle To the screech and scrape of a corn-stalk fiddle.
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# The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/The Crisis

THE CRISIS
A man of low degree was sore oppressed,  Fate held him under iron-handed sway, And ever, those who saw him thus distressed  Would bid him bend his stubborn will and pray. But he, strong in himself and obdurate, Waged, prayerless, on his losing fight with Fate.
Friends gave his proffered hand their coldest clasp,  Or took it not at all; and Poverty, That bruised his body with relentless grasp,  Grinned, taunting, when he struggled to be free. But though with helpless hands he beat the air, His need extreme yet found no voice in prayer.
Then he prevailed; and forthwith snobbish Fate,  Like some whipped cur, came fawning at his feet; Those who had scorned forgave and called him great—  His friends found out that friendship still was sweet. But he, once obdurate, now bowed his head In prayer, and trembling with its import, said:
"Mere human strength may stand ill-fortune's frown;  So I prevailed, for human strength was mine; But from the killing pow'r of great renown,  Naught may protect me save a strength divine. Help me, O Lord, in this my trembling cause; I scorn men's curses, but I dread applause!"
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# The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/The Deserted Plantation

THE DESERTED PLANTATION
Oh, de grubbin'-hoe 's a-rustin' in de co'nah,  An' de plow 's a-tumblin' down in de fiel', While de whippo'will 's a-wailin' lak a mou'nah  When his stubbo'n hea't is tryin' ha'd to yiel'.
In de furrers whah de co'n was allus wavin',  Now de weeds is growin' green an' rank an' tall; An' de swallers roun' de whole place is a-bravin'  Lak dey thought deir folks had allus owned it all.
An' de big house stan's all quiet lak an' solemn,  Not a blessed soul in pa'lor, po'ch, er lawn; Not a guest, ner not a ca'iage lef' to haul 'em,  Fu' de ones dat tu'ned de latch-string out air gone.
An' de banjo's voice is silent in de qua'ters,  D' ain't a hymn ner co'n-song ringin' in de air; But de murmur of a branch's passin' waters  Is de only soun' dat breks de stillness dere.
Whah 's de da'kies, dem dat used to be a-dancin'  Evry night befo' de ole cabin do'? Whah 's de chillun, dem dat used to be a-prancin'  Er a-rollin' in de san' er on de flo'?
Whah 's ole Uncle Mordecai an' Uncle Aaron?  Whah 's Aunt Doshy, Sam, an' Kit, an' all de res'? Whah 's ole Tom de da'ky fiddlah, how 's he farin'?  Whah 's de gals dat used to sing an' dance de bes'?
Gone! not one o' dem is lef' to tell de story;  Dey have lef' de deah ole place to fall away. Could n't one o' dem dat seed it in its glory  Stay to watch it in de hour of decay?
Dey have lef' de ole plantation to de swallers,  But it hol's in me a lover till de las'; Fu' I fin' hyeah in de memory dat follers  All dat loved me an' dat I loved in de pas'.
So I'll stay an' watch de deah ole place an' tend it  Ez I used to in de happy days gone by. 'Twell de othah Mastah thinks it's time to end it,  An' calls me to my qua'ters in de sky.
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