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Number four in the sequence 'Sonnets Dedicated to Australian Senators'.
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Epigraph: Doll Tearsheet. When wilt thou leave drinking o'days, / Jack and foining o'nights, and begin to patch up thy old body for heaven? Falstaff. Prythee, Doll, remember me not of mine end.
Epigraph: Peace, good Doll! do not speak like a death's head; do not bid me remember mine end. - Falstaff
Appears in:
yThe Poetical Works of Charles HarpurCharles Harpur,
Elizabeth Perkins
(editor),
Sydney:Angus and Robertson,1984Z4595551984selected 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