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Advertisement for Hean's Essence single work   poetry   "If yer gotter corf about yer,"
  • Author:agent Henry Lawson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/lawson-henry
Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 Advertisement for Hean's Essence
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First published in 1916 as an advertisement for Heenzo coughs and cold remedy, this poem is known to have appeared in Sydney's Daily Telegraph and possibly other newspapers around Australia. Lawson provided the remedy's manufacturer, G. W. Hean with three more poems for its 1918 advertising campaign.

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Absolution - for the Woman i "So there's a woman in the case!", 'Arry , 1918 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 24 July vol. 98 no. 2529 1918; (p. 41) Auckland Star , 17 August 1918; (p. 17) The Advertiser , 7 September 1918; (p. 13) The Brisbane Courier , 7 September 1918; (p. 14) The Bulletin , 5 July vol. 65 no. 3360 1944; (p. 28) A Fantasy of Man : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1901-1922 1984; (p. 728) Originally published in 1918 as part of an advertising campaign for Heenzo (Hean's Essence), a coughs, colds, croup and catarrh remedy. The advertisement, which appeared around Australia and New Zealand, comprised six poems - 'The Tragedy' (Henry Lawson), 'A Repudiation' (J. W. Gordon), 'A Confession' (Mrs Stan Roberts), 'Another Confession' (Harley Cohen) and 'Absolution - For the Woman' and 'Forgiveness - For the Strollers' (both by Lawson under the pseudonym, 'Arry).

The advertisement was republished 1934 and again in1944. Additional copy for ther 1944 Bulletin reprint records:
Famous advertisement repeated after twenty-eight years in response to many request from all parts of Australia... The above poems ['The Tragedy' and 'A Repudiation'] caused Mrs Stan Roberts and Mr Harley Cohen to write the following poems, then Henry Lawson replied with 'Absolution' and 'Forgiveness' (5 July 1944, p.28).
Forgiveness - for the Strollers i "So they write to confess, and they write in distress,", 'Arry , 1918 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 24 July vol. 98 no. 2529 1918; (p. 41) The Brisbane Courier , 7 September 1918; (p. 14) The Advertiser , 7 September 1918; (p. 13) Auckland Star , 17 August 1918; (p. 17) The Bulletin , 5 July vol. 65 no. 3360 1944; (p. 28) A Fantasy of Man : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1901-1922 1984; (p. 728)

Originally published in 1918 as part of an advertising campaign for Heenzo (Hean's Essence), a coughs, colds, croup and catarrh remedy. The advertisement, which appeared around Australia and New Zealand, comprised six poems - 'The Tragedy' (Henry Lawson), 'A Repudiation' (J. W. Gordon), 'A Confession' (Mrs Stan Roberts), 'Another Confession' (Harley Cohen) and 'Absolution - For the Woman' and 'Forgiveness - For the Strollers' (both by Lawson under the pseudonym, 'Arry).

The advertisement was republished 1934 and again in1944. Additional copy for the 1944 Bulletin reprint records:

Famous advertisement repeated after twenty-eight years in response to many request from all parts of Australia... The above poems ['The Tragedy' and 'A Repudiation'] caused Mrs Stan Roberts and Mr Harley Cohen to write the following poems, then Henry Lawson replied with 'Absolution' and 'Forgiveness' (5 July 1944, p.28).
The Tragedy : A Dirge i "Oh, I never felt so wretched, and things never looked so blue", Henry Lawson , 1918 single work poetry humour
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 August vol. 39 no. 2009 1918; (p. 29) The Australian Town and Country Journal , 24 July vol. 98 no. 2529 1918; (p. 41) The Lone Hand , 1 August vol. 8 no. 9 1918; (p. 373) The Brisbane Courier , 7 September 1918; (p. 14) Auckland Star , 17 August 1918; (p. 17) The Advertiser , 7 September 1918; (p. 13)

Originally published in 1918 as part of an advertising campaign for Heenzo (Hean's Essence), a coughs, colds, croup and catarrh remedy. The advertisement, which appeared around Australia and New Zealand, comprised six poems - 'The Tragedy' (Henry Lawson), 'A Repudiation' (J. W. Gordon), 'A Confession' (Mrs Stan Roberts), 'Another Confession' (Harley Cohen) and 'Absolution - For the Woman' and 'Forgiveness - For the Strollers' (both by Lawson under the pseudonym, 'Arry).

The advertisement was republished 1934 and again in 1944. Additional copy for the 1944 Bulletin reprint records:

Famous advertisement repeated after twenty-eight years in response to many request from all parts of Australia... The above poems ['The Tragedy' and 'A Repudiation'] caused Mrs Stan Roberts and Mr Harley Cohen to write the following poems, then Henry Lawson replied with 'Absolution' and 'Forgiveness' (5 July 1944, p.28).
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