AustLit logo

AustLit

'Is Saul also Among the Prophets?' single work   poetry   satire   "With ample fortune, and no common mind,"
Is part of Sonnets Dedicated to Australian Senators Charles Harpur , 1845 sequence poetry
  • Author:agent Truth in Season http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 'Is Saul also Among the Prophets?'
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Possibly on Benjamin Boyd.' (Webby)

Notes

  • Number four in the sequence 'Sonnets Dedicated to Australian Senators'.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Notes:

Epigraph:
Doll Tearsheet. When wilt thou leave drinking o'days, / Jack and foining o'nights, and begin to patch up thy old body for heaven?
Falstaff. Prythee, Doll, remember me not of mine end.

Notes:
Epigraph: Peace, good Doll! do not speak like a death's head; do not bid me remember mine end. - Falstaff
  • 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. 601-602
VIEW PUBLICATION DETAILS FOR ALL VERSIONS ()
Last amended 1 Mar 2010 10:44:56
Subjects:
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X