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The Adder : A Solemn 'Lyrical Ballad' single work   poetry   "An Adder there was in the hole of a tree"
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1854... 1854 The Adder : A Solemn 'Lyrical Ballad'
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Notes

  • A lengthy author's note to this poem appears below the poem in the People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator. The note is separately indexed.

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    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. 550-551
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Works about this Work

Charles Harpur (1813-1868) : Baptised into Independence Charles Harpur , 1998 selected work prose
— Appears in: Our First Republicans : John Dunmore Lang, Charles Harpur, Daniel Henry Deniehy : Selected Writings, 1840-1860 1998; (p. 57-111) Contains a selection of Harpur's prose pieces, many of which originated as notes attached to poems published in newspapers and journals.
Note C. H. (1813-1868) , 1854 single work criticism
— Appears in: The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator , 20 May 1854; (p. 5) This lengthy note is published under Harpur's poem The Adder in the People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator (20 May 1854): 5.
Note C. H. (1813-1868) , 1854 single work criticism
— Appears in: The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator , 20 May 1854; (p. 5) This lengthy note is published under Harpur's poem The Adder in the People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator (20 May 1854): 5.
Charles Harpur (1813-1868) : Baptised into Independence Charles Harpur , 1998 selected work prose
— Appears in: Our First Republicans : John Dunmore Lang, Charles Harpur, Daniel Henry Deniehy : Selected Writings, 1840-1860 1998; (p. 57-111) Contains a selection of Harpur's prose pieces, many of which originated as notes attached to poems published in newspapers and journals.
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