The Sorrows: Semi Chorus single work   poetry   "Ah! that death"
Is part of Autumnal Leaves Charles Harpur , 1867 sequence poetry Genius Lost Charles Harpur , 1984 sequence poetry
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
First known date: 1855 Issue Details: First known date: 1855... 1855 The Sorrows: Semi Chorus
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Notes

  • This poem appears in a number of versions from 1855 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).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Chorus
First line of verse: "Ah, that Death"
Notes:
Author's note:(From the Sorrows of Chatterton)
Notes:
15 lines.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 1654 26 April 1856 Z1875587 1856 newspaper issue 1856 pg. 5
Alternative title: Untitled
Notes:
Number one in the sequence 'Autumnal Leaves'.
Notes:
This version of the poem is untitled in the Sydney Morning Herald (7 May 1867) source.
Notes:
18 lines.
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