The Terrors of Beauty single work   poetry   "Thy airy gait, and form divine"
Is part of Poems by Charles Harpur Charles Harpur , 1846 series - author poetry The Beautiful Charles Harpur , 1856-1857 series - author poetry
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1846... 1846 The Terrors of Beauty
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First line of verse: "Thy fairy feet, thy sylphic waist"
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Comprises 14 lines.
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Number XXXVII in the series 'Poems by Charles Harpur'.
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Comprises 34 lines.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 1773 12 September 1856 Z1729232 1856 newspaper issue 1856 pg. 5
    Note: Number II in the series 'The Beautiful'.
  • 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. 154-155
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— Appears in: The Empire , 12 September no. 1773 1856; (p. 5) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 155-156)
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