Hope On single work   poetry   "Power's a cheat, success but trying,"
Is part of Lyrics Charles Harpur , 1853 series - author poetry
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
First known date: 1847 Issue Details: First known date: 1847... 1847 Hope On
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Notes

  • No. I in the series 'Lyrics'
  • 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).

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Alternative title: Hope's Philosophy
First line of verse: "Gold's a cheat, there's no denying;"
Notes:
Comprises 21 lines.
Alternative title: Hope's Philosophy
First line of verse: "Power's a cheat, success but trying,"
Notes:
Comprises 32 lines
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 2247 19 March 1858 Z1673038 1858 newspaper issue 1858 pg. 4
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