The Message single work   poetry   "You tell me she yet talks of me,"
Is part of Australian Lyrics Charles Harpur , 1842- series - author poetry A Lyrical Love Story Charles Harpur , 1984 sequence poetry
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
First known date: 1835 Issue Details: First known date: 1835... 1835 The Message
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'On a former love who has now married another.' (Webby)

Notes

  • This poem appears in a number of versions from 1835 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).
  • First published in the Australian, 12 June 1835

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First line of verse: "You tell me, yet to talk she's prone"
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Australasian Chronicle vol. 4 no. 476 24 November 1842 Z1814228 1842 newspaper issue 1842 pg. 2
    Note:

    50 lines

    Published as No. 7 in the Australian Lyrics author series
  • 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. 39-41
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