The Song of Scent-em-lovely. (An Imitation)

TitleThe Song of Scent-em-lovely. (An Imitation)
Year for Search1890
AuthorsHancock, S[elina] J[ulia]
Tertiary AuthorsHancock, S. J.
Date Published[1890s?]
PublisherHumffray, Printer
Place PublishedDunedin, New Zealand
KeywordsAotearoa New Zealand author, Female author
Annotation

A poem describing the environs of Dunedin, New Zealand in eutopian terms. It begins with the description of a river in the Kaikorai Valley with healthy, happy working people and continues with other areas, rich and poor, and ends with a dystopian vision of the city. "Stink-um-awful" is compared to the river "Scent-em-lovely." The next page is an ad for land for sale in Roslyn, which has been described as ". . . the pleasantest of suburbs--/The Belgravia of Dunedin,/Where the mansions of the wealthy,/Reared amid the glow of roses./Sheltered by their groves of blue gum,/Sun themselves in luxury" (7). The author also wrote a temperance story The Two Processions: A Dream of Bye-Law 2. Dunedin: Evening Star Job Printing Works, 1894. 12 pp.

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Author Note

Aotearoa/New Zealand female author.

Full Text

[1890s?] Hancock, S[elina] J[ulia]. The Song of Scent-em-lovely. (An Imitation). Dunedin, New Zealand: Humffray, Printer. DU-Ho

A poem describing the environs of Dunedin, New Zealand in eutopian terms. It begins with the description of a river in the Kaikorai Valley with healthy, happy working people and continues with other areas, rich and poor, and ends with a dystopian vision of the city. “Stink-um-awful” is compared to the river “Scent-em-lovely.” The next page is an ad for land for sale in Roslyn, which has been described as “. . . the pleasantest of suburbs--/The Belgravia of Dunedin,/Where the mansions of the wealthy,/Reared amid the glow of roses./Sheltered by their groves of blue gum,/Sun themselves in luxury” (7). The author also wrote a temperance story The Two Processions: A Dream of Bye-Law 2. Dunedin: Evening Star Job Printing Works, 1894. 12 pp. Aotearoa/New Zealand female author.