TY - ABST T1 - "Ode to New Zealand. A Growl in a Sou'-Wester" Y1 - 1856 A1 - [Rev.] J[ohn] R[aven] (1821-86) A1 - Dr. J[ohn] T[homas] R[ouse] (1832-84) ED - [William Pember] [Reeves] ED - [J.] [Ward] KW - Aotearoa New Zealand author KW - Male author AB -

Poem that refers to New Zealand as the "Eden of the Southern Sea" with many examples of its eutopian nature and then shifts to a description of the winds, the poor placement of the cities, and so forth.

JF - The Book of Canterbury Rhymes PB - Ward and Reeves, Printer CY - Christchurch, New Zealand N1 -

2nd ed. as Canterbury Rhymes: With Notes and an Appendix. Ed. W[illiam] P[ember] Reeves (Christchurch, New Zealand: Ptd by the 'Lyttelton Times' Co. Ltd., 1883), 66-68. In the 2nd ed. Reeves identifies the author as Rouse, but two separate copies of the first edition identify the author as Raven. Originally published in a Christchurch newspaper (probably the Lyttelton Times) in November 1856.

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