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To a Girl single work   poetry   "Dear Maiden, I have often thought"
Is part of The Beautiful Charles Harpur , 1856-1857 series - author poetry
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
First known date: 1849 Issue Details: First known date: 1849... 1849 To a Girl
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Notes

  • This poem appears in a number of versions from 1849 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: To a Little Girl
First line of verse: "Dear Mary, I have often thought"
Notes:
Comprises 24 lines
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 785 18 July 1853 Z1723020 1853 newspaper issue 1853 pg. 2
Notes:
Comprises 24 lines.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 2090 17 September 1857 Z1735125 1857 newspaper issue 1857 pg. 6
    Note: No. VII of the series 'The Beautiful'
  • 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. 389
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