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Alternative title: The Ideal
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1844... 1844 Ideality
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First known date: 1844
Serialised by: The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature 1843-1845 newspaper (100 issues)
Notes:
Serialised in the Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature in two instalments on 24 August and 28 September 1844.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Poems Charles Harpur , Melbourne : George Robertson , 1883 Z139167 1883 selected work poetry Melbourne : George Robertson , 1883 pg. 94-99
    Note: Under the title "The Ideal"
First line of verse: "Spirit of Dreams! when many a wandered height"
Notes:
This version varies slightly from that published in the Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature in 1844.
  • 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. 317-323
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