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Notes

No. I in this series, the poem 'Beauty', includes a titled extension 'The Spirit of Beauty'. No. II in this series, the poem 'The Terrors of Beauty', includes a titled extension 'Animal Human Beauty'. The extension poems are separately indexed.

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The Terrors of Beauty "Thy airy gait, and form divine", Charles Harpur , 1846 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser , 18 November 1846; (p. 4)
— Appears in: The Empire , 12 September no. 1773 1856; (p. 5) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 154-155)

A Lady by Moonlight "A splendid Vision of delight,", Charles Harpur , 1855-1856 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 13 October no. 1799 1856; (p. 5) The Cornwall Chronicle , 22 November 1856; (p. 2) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 156-157)

A Youth of the Utopian Era "He stands before his Bride in passion's purple light,", Charles Harpur , 1855-1856 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 13 October no. 1799 1856; (p. 5) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 157-158)

To Helen "Helen, though matchless are thine eyes", Charles Harpur , 1855-1856 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 13 October no. 1799 1856; (p. 5) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 158)

Dawn in the Australian Forest "It is the Morning Star, arising slow", Charles Harpur , 1851 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 17 September no. 2090 1857; (p. 6)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 198-199)

Lines and Figures "There is no curve of sea or sky,", Charles Harpur , 1857 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 17 September no. 2090 1857; (p. 6) The Argus , 7 October no. 3533 1857; (p. 7) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 387-388)

The World-Birth of Love "Off from all Being, as a worn-out part,", Charles Harpur , 1857 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 17 September no. 2090 1857; (p. 6)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 388) The Oxford Book of Australian Love Poems 1993; (p. 2-3)

To a Girl "Dear Maiden, I have often thought", Charles Harpur , 1849 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 18 July no. 785 1853; (p. 2)
— Appears in: The Empire , 17 September no. 2090 1857; (p. 6) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 389)

Beauty "First in the human form and face so fair,", Charles Harpur , 1845 single work poetry
— Appears in: Colonial Literary Journal and Weekly Miscellany of Useful Information , 20 March vol. 2 no. 39 1845; (p. 187) Thoughts: A Series of Sonnets 1845; (p. 6)
— Appears in: The Empire , 12 September no. 1773 1856; (p. 5) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 153)