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Issue Details: First known date: 1851... no. 201 5 September 1851 of The Empire est. 1850 The Empire
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* Contents derived from the , 1851 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Native Literature, single work column

This column praises the poetry of Charles Harpur. The column comments on the first of a series of lectures entitled Modern English Poetry delivered by Daniel Denhiey at the Mechanics School of Arts, Sydney, New South Wales, 2, 9, 16 September and 25 November 1851, and Harpur's completion of '... an important work in the shape of a series of poems 'Wild Bee of Australia' ... now ready for publication.'

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Sonnet on Completing 'The Wild Bee of Australia' "My work is finish'd, that hath been to me" On Completing a Booki"My Work is finished that has been to me", Charles Harpur , single work poetry
The first publication of this poem, in the Empire (5 September 1851): 2, is accompanied by an article 'Native Literature' commenting on the first of a series of lectures entitled Modern English Poetry delivered by Daniel Denhiey at the Mechanics School of Arts, Sydney, New South Wales, 2, 9, 16 September and 25 November 1851. The author of the article, unattributed but possibly by the editor of the Empire, Henry Parkes, notes: '... an important work in the shape of a series of poems 'Wild Bee of Australia' - is now ready for publication. The quality, of this work ... may readily be gathered from the following sonnet.'
 (p. 2)
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With title: Sonnet on Completing 'The Wild Bee of Australia'
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