What Next? single work   poetry   satire   "Surely some spirit of Folly that much hates man,"
Is part of Sonnets Dedicated to Australian Senators Charles Harpur , 1845 sequence poetry
Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 What Next?
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature vol. 4 no. 89 5 April 1845 Z629072 1845 newspaper issue 1845 pg. 159
    Note:
    • Poem untitled in this source.
    • Errata published in the Weekly Register 4.91 (1845): 183. The word 'much' was erroneously omitted from the first line and 'Acratus' appeared inadvertently as 'Acrastus' in line six.
  • 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. 609
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