'It's No Go!' single work   poetry   satire   "How stripped of all that giveth life to glow"
Is part of Sonnets Dedicated to Australian Senators Charles Harpur , 1845 sequence poetry
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 'It's No Go!'
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'On William Foster.' (Webby)

Notes

    • Number eleven in the sequence 'Sonnets Dedicated to Australian Senators' when originally published in the Weekly Register.
    • Numbering changed for publication in The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur; numbered nine in the sequence in this source.
  • Author's note: The 'old law-be-lumbered Pile' refers to 'the Old Court House, King Street'.

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First line of verse: "How stript of all that givest Life to glow"
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature vol. 4 no. 88 29 March 1845 Z1671055 1845 newspaper issue 1845 pg. 146
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    • Author unattributed in this source.
    • Poem untitled in this source.
  • 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. 605
    Note:
    • With first line: How stript of all that givest Life to glow
    • Epigraph: Buy a broom - buy a broom! / Who'll buy a broom? - Popular Song
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