y separately published work icon The Patriot of Australia : An Heroic Poem in Ten Cantos single work   poetry   satire   "Great Oracle of taste! whose mind superb"
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 The Patriot of Australia : An Heroic Poem in Ten Cantos
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Satire on Wentworth.' (Webby)

Notes

  • Apparently unfinished poem comprising three sections: an Inscription, an Invocation and one canto.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature vol. 5 no. 122 22 November 1845 Z1080982 1845 newspaper issue 1845 pg. 246
      1845 .
      (Manuscript) assertion
      Note/s:
      • Cutting from the Weekly Register; poem has 78 lines.

      Holdings

      Held at: Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW
  • 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. 106-108
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