The World and the Soul single work   poetry   "From the crude records which mysterious Time"
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1847... 1847 The World and the Soul
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Notes

  • This poem appears in a number of versions from 1847 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).
  • 'On evolution.' - Webby

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Geologia
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48 lines.
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An early version of the extended, two-part poem 'The World and the Soul'. 'Geologia' covers similar themes and includes some lines that are repeated in 'The World and the Soul'.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Atlas vol. 3 no. 145 4 September 1847 Z1599794 1847 newspaper issue 1847 pg. 429
Alternative title: Cosmoplasticus
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98 lines.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 2125 28 October 1857 Z1875590 1857 newspaper issue 1857 pg. 6
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