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Lines Occasioned by Hearing an Air on the Flute, Whilst Travelling along the Hunter, Which I Had Formerly Heard on the Banks of the Hawkesbury single work   poetry   "From the verandah of yon Cottage, clumped"
Is part of Poems by Charles Harpur Charles Harpur , 1846 series - author poetry
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1846... 1846 Lines Occasioned by Hearing an Air on the Flute, Whilst Travelling along the Hunter, Which I Had Formerly Heard on the Banks of the Hawkesbury
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Notes

  • Number I in the series 'Poems by Charles Harpur'.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser 3 June 1846 Z1589193 1846 newspaper issue 1846 pg. 1
    Note: Preceded by a 'General Preface' by Harpur, introducing what was to be a numbered series of poems appearing in the Maitland Mercury between 3 June 1846 and 25 October 1845.
Alternative title: A Musical Reminiscence
First line of verse: "Here, as I wander where the Hunter draws"
  • 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. 315-316
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