Never Mind single work   poetry   "My Country, though rude yet, and wild, be thy nature,"
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 Never Mind
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According to `Crown or Country : the Traditions of Australian Republicanism' this poem was republished under the title of `National Song' in 1856. Original publication date unknown.
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    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. 14-15
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    y separately published work icon My Country : Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years Leonie Kramer (editor), Sydney : Lansdowne , 1985 Z219820 1985 anthology poetry short story Sydney : Lansdowne , 1985 pg. 68
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Two Centuries of Australian Poetry Kathrine Bell (editor), Smithfield : Gary Allen , 2007 Z1472336 2007 anthology poetry Smithfield : Gary Allen , 2007 pg. 18

Works about this Work

Charles Harpur (1813-1868) : Baptised into Independence Charles Harpur , 1998 selected work prose
— Appears in: Our First Republicans : John Dunmore Lang, Charles Harpur, Daniel Henry Deniehy : Selected Writings, 1840-1860 1998; (p. 57-111)
Contains a selection of Harpur's prose pieces, many of which originated as notes attached to poems published in newspapers and journals.
`For the Faith That is in Them': Charles Harpur and the Idea of a Republic Elizabeth Perkins , 1994 single work biography
— Appears in: Crown or Country : The Traditions of Australian Republicanism 1994; (p. 46-52)
Charles Harpur (1813-1868) : Baptised into Independence Charles Harpur , 1998 selected work prose
— Appears in: Our First Republicans : John Dunmore Lang, Charles Harpur, Daniel Henry Deniehy : Selected Writings, 1840-1860 1998; (p. 57-111)
Contains a selection of Harpur's prose pieces, many of which originated as notes attached to poems published in newspapers and journals.
`For the Faith That is in Them': Charles Harpur and the Idea of a Republic Elizabeth Perkins , 1994 single work biography
— Appears in: Crown or Country : The Traditions of Australian Republicanism 1994; (p. 46-52)
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