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Who'd Have Thought It! - Why He Votes with the Opposition! single work   poetry   satire   "Vote as thou wilt, D---! on thy brow"
Is part of Sonnets Dedicated to Australian Senators Charles Harpur , 1845 sequence poetry
Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 Who'd Have Thought It! - Why He Votes with the Opposition!
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'On Dumaresq.' (Webby)

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

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Alternative title: I Thought it! - Why He Votes with the Opposition
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Minor textual variations appear in texts.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature vol. 4 no. 85 8 March 1845 Z1668326 1845 newspaper issue 1845 pg. 111
    Note: Epigraph: Least then, a selfish and designing man / Hath changed his object when his means are changed. (From an unfinished Poem)
  • 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. 603
    Note:
    • With title: I Thought it! - Why He Votes with the Opposition
    • With first line: Vote as thou wilt Dumeresq, on thy brow
    • Epigraph: Then least, a selfish and designing man / Hath changed his object when his means are changed.
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