Love Dreaming of Death single work   poetry   "I dreamt my little boys were dead,"
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1855... 1855 Love Dreaming of Death
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Notes

  • This poem appears in a number of versions from 1855 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

First line of verse: "I dreamt my little Boys were dead,"
Notes:
Comprises 28 lines.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 1518 20 November 1855 Z1727026 1855 newspaper issue 1855 pg. 3
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Sydney Morning Herald no. 9806 26 October 1869 18396751 1869 newspaper issue 1869 pg. 6
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Colonial Monthly : An Australian Magazine January 1868 Z644740 1868 periodical issue 1868 pg. 330-332
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Poems Charles Harpur , Melbourne : George Robertson , 1883 Z139167 1883 selected work poetry Melbourne : George Robertson , 1883 pg. 111-114
  • 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. 409-411
    Note: 56 lines
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