Australia's First Great Poet single work   poetry   "His lot how glorious whom the Muse shall name"
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 Australia's First Great Poet
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Alternative title: The First Great Australian Poet
First line of verse: "Glorious His lot whom Posie shall name"
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Sydney Morning Herald vol. 54 no. 8880 7 November 1866 Z1828527 1866 newspaper issue 1866 pg. 3
    Note: Untitled in this source. One of 10 sonnets appearing together. This one is titled "X".
  • 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. 415
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