Beauty single work   poetry   "First in the human form and face so fair,"
Is part of Passing Thoughts : A Series of Sonnets Charles Harpur , 1845 series - author poetry The Beautiful Charles Harpur , 1856-1857 series - author poetry
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 Beauty
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Notes

  • This poem appears in a number of versions from 1845 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).

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Notes:
Comprises 14 lines.
First line of verse: "First in the human form and aspect fair"
Notes:
Comprises 14 lines.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 1773 12 September 1856 Z1729232 1856 newspaper issue 1856 pg. 5
    Note: No. I in the series 'The Beautiful'.
  • 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. 153
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The Spirit of Beauty : [A Prophecy] i "The Spirit of Beauty is the soul of all", Charles Harpur , 1849 1849 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 12 September no. 1773 1856; (p. 5)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 153-154)
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