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For further details on this series, 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).
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Fast and Slow
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"The slow-going man, howsoever he sins,",
1857
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 July no. 2028 1857; (p. 3)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 513) -
How to Lessen a Flux of Visitors
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"Are you troubled by men with a visiting itch,",
1856
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 July no. 2028 1857; (p. 3)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 514) -
The Merit of Sobriety
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"To him whose nature craves not drink,",
1857
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 July no. 2028 1857; (p. 3) Australian Verse from 1805 : A Continuum 1976; (p. 39)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 515) -
Luck Out of Season
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"A Pilgrim of old who was hungering madly,",
1856
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 July no. 2028 1857; (p. 3)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 519) -
The Pang of Death
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"How great or small may be the pang of Death,",
1857
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 July no. 2028 1857; (p. 3)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 522) -
Simplicity Versus Craft
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"Simplicity enjoys while Craft contrives,",
1850
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 July no. 2028 1857; (p. 3)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 523) -
A Titan Incog.
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"A dwarf will ever be defiant",
1856
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 July no. 2028 1857; (p. 3)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 523) -
Doing and Being
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"The common man's of value to the race",
1856
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 July no. 2028 1857; (p. 3)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 531) -
Taking Too Much Thought of Tomorrow
i
"Could we, as mortals, but our end foresee,",
1857
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 July no. 2028 1857; (p. 3)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 555) -
Wisdom Never Wooed in Vain
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"Though we cannot make Wisdom our mistress for aye,",
1857
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 July no. 2028 1857; (p. 3)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 556) -
Vague Beauty in Poetry
i
"How oft has Song some beauty most divine,",
1856
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 July no. 2028 1857; (p. 3)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 557) -
Poetry and Prose
i
"What is the true difference 'twixt Prose and Rhyme,",
1856
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 July no. 2028 1857; (p. 3)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 570) An Anthology of Australian Poetry to 1920 2007; (p. 135) -
Misanthropical Goodness
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"A good man may be sometimes misanthropical",
1857
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 July no. 2028 1857; (p. 3) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 572-573) -
The Truth of Nature
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"The frame of the world to its Maker is true",
1856
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 July no. 2028 1857; (p. 3) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 573) -
The Moral Great and Small
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"As heathens (pious though they seem)",
1857
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 July no. 2028 1857; (p. 3) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 573-574) -
Apologetic
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"Though Bards be Egotistic, never din them",
1857
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 8 July no. 2028 1857; (p. 3)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 735)
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