y separately published work icon To Henry Parkes, on Board the American Ship 'Robert Pulsford', Sydney Harbour (25 August 1845) single work   poetry   "Dear Henry, your letter has just come to hand,"
Is part of Selections from Australian Poets 1849 series - publisher poetry
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 To Henry Parkes, on Board the American Ship 'Robert Pulsford', Sydney Harbour (25 August 1845)
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      1845 .
      (Manuscript) assertion
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      • Epistolary poem comprising 54 lines

      Holdings

      Held at: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
      Local Id: MS947
Alternative title: To Henry Parkes
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Comprises 48 lines
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Editor's note:

Selections from Australian Poets, No. 10.

The following epistolary verses, by Charles Harpur, we think, exhibit a vein of fine poetry, which, if the writer had produced nothing else, ought to confer on him something of that distinction so ardently sought by the votaries of the Muses. Some years ago, when the verses on Sunrise, which we gave in this journal as our selection from Mr. H. Parkes, were written, they were sent in manuscript to Mr. Harpur; and this extemporaneous poetical epistle was received in acknowledgement. We are chiefly induced to publish it from a belief that it affords a happy evidence of the author's natural powers.

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Includes two footnotes.
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This version prints six extra lines found in the 1845 manuscript.
  • 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. 705-707
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