Sonnet single work   poetry   "Think you I grieve? - I'll never grieve again!"
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1843... 1843 Sonnet
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'Promises not to be melancholy again.' (Webby)

Notes

  • This poem appears in a number of versions from 1843 onwards. For further details, see The Poems of Charles Harpur in Manuscript in the Mitchell Library and in Publication in the Nineteenth Century: An Analytical Finding List by Elizabeth Holt and Elizabeth Perkins (Canberra: Australian Scholarly Editions Centre, 2002).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Australasian Chronicle vol. 4 no. 548 11 May 1843 Z1831032 1843 newspaper issue 1843 pg. 4
    Note:

    Dedication: To my friend Mr. J. J. Walsh, on his advising me to keep up my hopes and spirits.

    Poem dated 3 May 1843.
Alternative title: To Mr J. J. Walsh
  • 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. 627
    Note:

    Author's note: In answer to a letter of encouragement from that gentleman, written under the impression that the author was giving way to despondency.

    With title: To Mr J. J. Walsh
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