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J. Normington-Rawling in Charles Harpur, An Australian (1962) describes the circumstances of this poem:
'In May 1854 Harpur delivered a public rebuke to [Henry] Parkes. The latter won the Sydney [New South Wales] seat in the [New South Wales Legislative] Council vacated by [William Charles] Wentworth when he left for England. At the declaration of the poll, Parkes in his speech of thanks to the electors, uttered two sentences that Harpur had to condemn ... He sat down and wrote some lines and a long note.' (195)
Harpur's lengthy note is separately indexed.
Notes
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Epigraph: 'I have been elected the successor of the greatest man who ever trod this country.'
'You have made me by our votes the most distinguished (i.e. greatest) commoner in the land.'
Vide Mr Parkes' closing address from the Hustings.
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Works about this Work
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Charles Harpur (1813-1868) : Baptised into Independence
1998
selected work
prose
— Appears in: Our First Republicans : John Dunmore Lang, Charles Harpur, Daniel Henry Deniehy : Selected Writings, 1840-1860 1998; (p. 57-111) Contains a selection of Harpur's prose pieces, many of which originated as notes attached to poems published in newspapers and journals. -
Note
1854
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator , 13 May 1854; (p. 8) This lengthy note is published under Harpur's poem Impromtu in the People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator (13 May 1853): 8.
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Note
1854
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator , 13 May 1854; (p. 8) This lengthy note is published under Harpur's poem Impromtu in the People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator (13 May 1853): 8. -
Charles Harpur (1813-1868) : Baptised into Independence
1998
selected work
prose
— Appears in: Our First Republicans : John Dunmore Lang, Charles Harpur, Daniel Henry Deniehy : Selected Writings, 1840-1860 1998; (p. 57-111) Contains a selection of Harpur's prose pieces, many of which originated as notes attached to poems published in newspapers and journals.
