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Charles Harpur published his 'Wild Bee of Australia' poems in Australian newspapers under various series titles. According to Elizabeth Holt and Elizabeth Perkins in The Poems of Charles Harpur in Manuscript in the Mitchell Library and in Publication in the Nineteenth Century: An Analytical Finding List (Canberra: Australian Scholarly Editions Centre, 2002): xx the 'changed series title usually indicated that the items in the series were also varied.' The variant series titles are listed separately in AustLit.
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A Nice Child
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"Give me a Child that is yielding though shy,",
1849
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator , 8 December 1849; (p. 9) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 565-566) -
A Queer Comparison
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"'Mid this rustical party, a model for painter, see,",
1849
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator , 8 December 1849; (p. 9) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 574) -
The Tree of Liberty : A Song for the Future
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"We'll plant a Tree of Liberty",
1845
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature , 20 September vol. 5 no. 113 1845; (p. 137) The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser , 4 November 1846; (p. 1)
— Appears in: The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator , 1 December 1849; (p. 9)
— Appears in: The Bushrangers, a Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems 1853; (p. 115-116) Freedom on the Wallaby : Poems of the Australian People 1953; (p. 33-34) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 9-10) -
Sonnet
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"Most glorious is that firstling burst of light,",
1837
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Literary News , 2 December vol. 1 no. 17 1837; (p. 167)
— Appears in: The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator , 1 December 1849; (p. 9)
— Appears in: The Bushrangers, a Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems 1853; (p. 96)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 434-435)
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