To the Lyre of Australia single work   poetry   "Lyre of my Country, remains it for me"
Is part of Australian Lyrics Charles Harpur , 1842- series - author poetry
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1835... 1835 To the Lyre of Australia
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Alternative title: Melody : To the Harp of Australia
First line of verse: "Wild Harp of Australia! - will none ravish thee"
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Sydney Monitor vol. 10 no. 830 19 September 1835 Z1604502 1835 newspaper issue 1835 pg. 4
    Note: Written as: C. Harpur
First line of verse: "Wild Lyre of Australia, will none ravish thee"
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Australasian Chronicle vol. 4 no. 464 27 October 1842 Z1803922 1842 newspaper issue 1842 pg. 2
    Note: No. 3 in the Australian Lyrics author series.
  • 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. 722-723
    Note: At foot of poem: This address to the Lyre of Australia was written in my teens - say, twelve years ago. But, alas! neither then nor since did my Country deign to award one smile of encouragement to the endeavours of her Poet. Her best and only gifts to him have been hunger and rags... C. H.
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