The Spirit of Beauty : [A Prophecy] single work   poetry   "The Spirit of Beauty is the soul of all"
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
First known date: 1849 Issue Details: First known date: 1849... 1849 The Spirit of Beauty : [A Prophecy]
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Notes

  • Author's note: I will extend [the poem 'Beauty'] ... by some blank lines, entitled/ 'The Spirit of Beauty [A Prophecy]'.

    Source: Charles Harpur, 'The Beautiful', The Empire (12 September 1856): 5.

  • This poem appears in a number of versions from 1849 onwards. For further details, see The Poems of Charles Harpur in Manuscript in the Mitchell Library and in Publication in the Nineteenth Century: An Analytical Finding List by Elizabeth Holt and Elizabeth Perkins (Canberra: Australian Scholarly Editions Centre, 2002).

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 1773 12 September 1856 Z1729232 1856 newspaper issue 1856 pg. 5
Notes:
Comprises 37 lines.
  • 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. 153-154
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Beauty i "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)
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