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Charity single work   poetry   "What were this world without thee, spirit pure? -"
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Composed: Singleton, Singleton area, Hunter Valley, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales,
Issue Details: First known date: 1842... 1842 Charity
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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Australasian Chronicle vol. 4 no. 452 29 September 1842 Z1808118 1842 newspaper issue 1842 pg. 2
    Note: With first line: What were this world without thee, spirit pure? -
First line of verse: "Man, even in his youth, at heart were hoar,"
  • 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. 421
    Note: With first line: Man, even in his youth, at heart were hoar,
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