The Last Hope single work   poetry   "Uprising from the bed of care,"
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Composed: Singleton, Singleton area, Hunter Valley, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales,
Issue Details: First known date: 1842... 1842 The Last Hope
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Australasian Chronicle vol. 4 no. 477 26 November 1842 Z1814275 1842 newspaper issue 1842 pg. 2
  • 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. 563
First line of verse: "Wildly upstarting from the bed of care,"
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 1685 2 June 1856 Z1727641 1856 newspaper issue 1856 pg. 3
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