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Is part of 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: 1857... 1857 Lines and Figures
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Notes

  • This poem appears in a number of versions from 1857 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).
  • This poem is also part of Charles Harpur's series 'Odes and Lyrics' (1867)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:
Comprises 20 lines.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 2090 17 September 1857 Z1735125 1857 newspaper issue 1857 pg. 6
    Note:

    No. VIII of the series 'The Beautiful'.

    The poem is untitled in this source.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Argus no. 3533 7 October 1857 9404994 1857 newspaper issue 1857 pg. 7
    Note: Under the title "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. 387-388
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