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Charles Harpur Charles Harpur i(A6259 works by)
Also writes as: Stebii ; A Hawkesbury Boy ; The Clerk of the Weather ; The Recorder ; Truth in Season ; Anti-State-Phlebotomy ; A Spirit of the Past ; An Australian ; Not Tom Campbell ; No Wool-Gatherer ; Bill Orr ; No 'Minion of the Moon' ; Australicus ; A Squatter of the First Water ; 'A Hawkesbury Lad' ; C. H. (1813-1868)
Born: Established: 23 Jan 1813 Windsor, Hawkesbury area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 10 Jun 1868 Eurobodalla, Broulee - Bodalla area, Far South Coast, South Coast, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 The Wreck i "Her sails are furled, and she lies along,", Charles Harpur , 1833 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian , 20 December vol. 1 no. 43 1833; (p. 4) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 743-744)
4 Australia Huzza i "Australia, how rapt can I muse by thy fountains,", Charles Harpur , 1833 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Currency Lad , 4 May 1833;
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 26 September vol. 10 no. 832 1835; (p. 4)
— Appears in: The Australasian Chronicle , 6 December vol. 4 no. 481 1842; (p. 2)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 68-69)

'In praise of Australia - particularly its women.' (Webby)

(Note: Only a portion of the third stanza relates to Australia's 'daughters'.)
1 The Banquet of Love i "'Tis the hour of love, for fair is the night-", Charles Harpur , 1834 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sydney Times , 16 September no. 10 1834; (p. 3) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 744-747) 'Conventional description of lovers' meeting in a secret bower' (Webby).
1 1 The Tragedy of Donohoe Charles Harpur , 1834 1834 single work drama
— Appears in: The Wild Colonial Boy : Bushranger Jack Donohue, 1806-1830 1982; (p. 67-90)
1 Untitled 'A Hawkesbury Lad' , 1834 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 14 June vol. 9 no. 698 1834; (p. 4)
3 2 To the Lyre of Australia i "Lyre of my Country, remains it for me", Charles Harpur , 1835 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 19 September vol. 10 no. 830 1835; (p. 4)
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 27 October vol. 4 no. 464 1842; (p. 2)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 722-723) 'Hopes that he may redeem the harp from "dark trackless forests" and though he has not "The wild strength of Burns, or of Byron the fire", leave one lasting song.' (Webby)
1 The Hectic to Her Nurse i "And is it true that he hath ta'en", Charles Harpur , 1835 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 May 1835; (p. 4) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 747-749)
1 To Imagination i "Enchanting power! whose rich effulgent ray", Charles Harpur , 1835 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian , 9 June 1835; (p. 4) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 749-751)
1 The Minstrel i "Behold the young Minstrel in life's first essay,", Charles Harpur , 1835 single work poetry
— Appears in: Sydney Times , 21 March vol. 2 no. 58 1835; (p. 4) 'Contrast between him when young and happy and when broken by despair' (Webby).
2 The Message i "You tell me she yet talks of me,", Charles Harpur , 1835 1835 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 24 November vol. 4 no. 476 1842; (p. 2)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 39-41) 'On a former love who has now married another.' (Webby)
4 On the Death of an Infant Relative i "And art thou gone? so early gone?", Charles Harpur , 1835 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian , 12 May 1835; (p. 4)
— Appears in: The Literary News , 3 February vol. 1 no. 26 1838; (p. 248)
— Appears in: Australasian Chronicle , 18 March vol. 4 no. 525 1843; (p. 2)
— Appears in: The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser , 5 August 1846; (p. 1) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 777-778) 'On common theme of childhood death as a release from future sorrow and temptation.' (Webby)
1 Extracts from the Tragedy of Donohoe [Act I, Scenes II and IV] Charles Harpur , 1835 extract drama (The Tragedy of Donohoe)
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 7 February vol. 10 no. 766 1835; (p. 4)
1 Extracts from the Tragedy of Donohoe [Act II, Scenes I, II and VI] Charles Harpur , 1835 extract drama (The Tragedy of Donohoe)
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 11 February vol. 10 no. 767 1835; (p. 4)
1 Extracts from the Tragedy of Donohoe [Act III, Scenes I and IV] Charles Harpur , 1835 extract drama (The Tragedy of Donohoe)
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 14 February vol. 10 no. 768 1835; (p. 4)
1 Extracts from the Tragedy of Donohoe [Act III, Scenes V and VI] Charles Harpur , 1835 extract drama (The Tragedy of Donohoe)
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 18 February vol. 10 no. 769 1835; (p. 4)
1 Extracts from the Tragedy of Donohoe [Act IV, Scenes II and III] Charles Harpur , 1835 extract drama (The Tragedy of Donohoe)
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 21 February vol. 10 no. 770 1835; (p. 4)
1 Extracts from the Tragedy of Donohoe [Act V, Scenes I and III] Charles Harpur , 1835 extract drama (The Tragedy of Donohoe)
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 25 February vol. 10 no. 771 1835; (p. 4)
1 Extracts from the Tragedy of Donohoe [Act V, Scenes IV and V] Charles Harpur , 1835 extract drama (The Tragedy of Donohoe)
— Appears in: The Sydney Monitor , 28 February vol. 10 no. 772 1835; (p. 4)
1 Memory's Genesis i "How few with Memory musing mute,", Charles Harpur , 1835 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian , 10 July 1835; (p. 4) The Sydney Chronicle , 30 November 1847; (p. 2) The Bushrangers, a Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems 1853; (p. 91-92) The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 49-50)
1 The Broken Heart's Carouse Charles Harpur , 1835 extract poetry (The Carouse of Despair (A Lay of Passion))
— Appears in: The Australian , 2 June vol. 3 no. 197 (New Series) 1835; (p. 4)
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