The 'Nevers' of Poetry single work   poetry   "Never say aught in Verse, or grave or gay,"
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
First known date: 1856 Issue Details: First known date: 1856... 1856 The 'Nevers' of Poetry
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Alternative title: The 'Nevers' of Poesy
First line of verse: "Never say aught in verse, or grave or gay,"
Notes:
86 lines.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 2156 3 December 1857 Z1735568 1857 newspaper issue 1857 pg. 5
Alternative title: The 'Nevers' of Poesy
Notes:
[Republished, with additions.]
Notes:

In 1858 Charles Harpur was drawn into an argument with Frank Fowler, the editor of The Month : A Literary and Critical Journal. J. Normington-Rawling in Charles Harpur, An Australian (Angus & Robertson, 1962): 226 writes that 'Harpur had allowed himself to be inveigled into the position of defending as poetry the writings of Henry Parkes. In doing so he chose to see the issue as one between colonists [Harpur] and immigrants [Fowler]...'

As part of this argument a 'republished, with additions' version of Harpur's poem The Nevers of Poetry appeared in this 9 March 1858 issue of the Empire. Four footnotes, all signed C. H., follow the poem.

Notes:
Comprises 133 lines.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 2238 9 March 1858 Z1874210 1858 newspaper issue 1858 pg. 4
Notes:
Epigraph: 'I'm nothing, if not critical.' Shakespere
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur Charles Harpur , Elizabeth Perkins (editor), Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1984 Z459555 1984 selected work poetry satire 'This collection represents one version of almost every poem written by Charles Harpur, with the omission of some translations and paraphrases. The verse drama, "Stalwart the Bushranger", and the fragments of the dramatic poem "King Saul" are not included. ... The collection is edited from Harpur's manuscript poems held in the Mitchell Library, Sydney, and from printed copies in colonial newspapers when no manuscript version existed.' (Preface) Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1984 pg. 143-150
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