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To W. A. Duncan Esq., Editor of the Weekly Register (1844) single work   poetry   "In these discordant days of this crude State,"
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 To W. A. Duncan Esq., Editor of the Weekly Register (1844)
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In praise of Duncan's championing of the state of the colony and referring to the motto of the Weekly Register: 'Be just and fear not'.

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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. 632
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