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The Man Who Dreamt a Mighty Dream
single work
satire
"What brought yon broad-brimm'd Statesman o'er the sea?"
Is part of
Sonnets Dedicated to Australian Senators
1845
sequence
poetry
Issue Details:
First known date:
1845...
1845
The Man Who Dreamt a Mighty Dream
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Notes:Minor textual variations appear in texts.
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Appears in:
- y The Weekly Register of Politics, Facts and General Literature vol. 4 no. 91 19 April 1845 Z1671187 1845 newspaper issue 1845 pg. 183
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Appears in:
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The Poetical Works of 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.
607-608
Note: Epigraph: The clouds, methought, would open, and show riches / Ready to drop upon me; that, when I waked, I cryed to dream again. (Caliban)
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y
The Poetical Works of 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.
607-608
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