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  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1883... 1883 Poems
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Melbourne, Victoria,:George Robertson , 1883 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Tower of the Dreami"How wonderful are Dreams! Yet, are they but", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 19-39)
The Forgotteni"He shone in the senate, the camp, and the grove,", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 40)
A Lamenti"Flowers in their freshness are flushing the earth,", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 41-43)
The Cloudi"One summer morn, out of the sea-waves wild,", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 43-46)
The Creek of the Four Gravesi"I tell a Settler's tale of the old times,", Charles Harpur , single work poetry
A group of white men wander into the Australian wilderness in search of discovery. They marvel at the foreignness of the landscape before settling down to sleep at their camp. They are woken by an attack from a group of Indigenous Australians. Seeing his friends killed, Egremont flees into a creek and finds a cavity in the earth to hide in. His pursuers give up their hunt, unable to find him, and he escapes. 
 (p. 47-59)
The Battle of Lifei"Never give up: though life be a battle", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 59-60)
To Poesyi"And wilt thou forsake me now,", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 61-63)
To the Comet of 1843 Lines Suggested by the Appearance of a Cometi"Thy purpose, heavenly Stranger, who may know", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 64-66)
The Drowned, Alivei"I was once so deeply drowned,", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 66-71)
The Flight of Peace: (The Home of Peace) CHARLES HARPUR ( poetry / single work ) 'Trust and treachery, wisdom, folly,' - The Home of Peace - ( FKD:1852), Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 72-73)
Dorai"It was, I well remember, the merry Springtime, when", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 74-75)
Onwardi"Have the blasts of sorrow worn thee,", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 75-77)
A Storm in the Mountainsi"A lonely Boy, far venturing from his home,", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 77-84)
Prose Poetryi"On nerveless, tuneless lines how sadly", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 84)
Rhymes to Henry Parkes, on Reading His Sonnet Beginning - "Who Would Not Be a Poet?" ""Who would not be a Poet?" Thus I read" To Henry Parkes, on Reading His Sonneti""Who would not be a Poet?" - thus I read", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 85-88)
Note: Under the title "To –".
"Downward, through the blooming roofage"i"Downward, through the blooming roofage", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 88)
Mary Ardeni"When a simple English maiden", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 89-90)
"The past is flowing thorugh my thoughts–"i"The past is flowing thorugh my thoughts–", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 91)
The Voice of the Native Oaki"Who hath laid him underneath", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 92-93)
Idealityi"Spirit of Dreams! - when many a wander'd height", Charles Harpur , single work poetry (p. 94-99)
Note: Under the title "The Ideal"
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