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The Scamper of Life single work   poetry   "Avast, ye restless things! where are you all thus running to?"
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 The Scamper of Life
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Notes

  • 'Ironical view of many busy people who will soon die.' (Webby)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature vol. 5 no. 111 6 September 1845 Z1675109 1845 newspaper issue 1845 pg. 111
    Note:
    • This version has eight three line stanzas and 24 lines in total.
    • Written as: C. H.
    • Epigraph: All run / they know not whither - in a chaise and one. - Pope
Notes:
Editor's note: Republished with additions.
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Subjects:
  • New South Wales,
  • 1845
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