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To the Lyre of Australia single work   poetry   "Lyre of my Country, remains it for me"
Is part of Australian Lyrics Charles Harpur , 1842- series - author poetry
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1835... 1835 To the Lyre of Australia
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'Hopes that he may redeem the harp from "dark trackless forests" and though he has not "The wild strength of Burns, or of Byron the fire", leave one lasting song.' (Webby)

Notes

  • This poem appears in a number of versions from 1835 onwards. For further details, see The Poems of Charles Harpur in Manuscript in the Mitchell Library and in Publication in the Nineteenth Century: An Analytical Finding List by Elizabeth Holt and Elizabeth Perkins (Canberra: Australian Scholarly Editions Centre, 2002).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Alternative title: Melody : To the Harp of Australia
First line of verse: "Wild Harp of Australia! - will none ravish thee"
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Sydney Monitor vol. 10 no. 830 19 September 1835 Z1604502 1835 newspaper issue 1835 pg. 4
    Note: Written as: C. Harpur
First line of verse: "Wild Lyre of Australia, will none ravish thee"
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Australasian Chronicle vol. 4 no. 464 27 October 1842 Z1803922 1842 newspaper issue 1842 pg. 2
    Note: No. 3 in the Australian Lyrics author series.
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Works about this Work

The Orphic Strain in Australian Poetry Andrew Johnson , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Refashioning Myth : Poetic Transformations and Metamorphoses 2011; (p. 9-27) 'Andrew Johnson argues that "[w]hile poetry in Australia might broadly be read under the aegis of Romanticism, the various Orphic poems could be used as an index of different styles and schools," and claims that "the different approaches and interests of various poets could be measured by their varied responses to the Orphic material." Johnson applies this framework to a close reading of several key Australian poets, including A. D. Hope and the notorious "mythical" poet, Ern Malley.' (Source: Introduction p. 2)
Colonial Literature 1845 single work criticism
— Appears in: Colonial Literary Journal and Weekly Miscellany of Useful Information , 27 February vol. 2 no. 36 1845; (p. 131-132)
Colonial Literature 1845 single work criticism
— Appears in: Colonial Literary Journal and Weekly Miscellany of Useful Information , 27 February vol. 2 no. 36 1845; (p. 131-132)
The Orphic Strain in Australian Poetry Andrew Johnson , 2011 single work criticism
— Appears in: Refashioning Myth : Poetic Transformations and Metamorphoses 2011; (p. 9-27) 'Andrew Johnson argues that "[w]hile poetry in Australia might broadly be read under the aegis of Romanticism, the various Orphic poems could be used as an index of different styles and schools," and claims that "the different approaches and interests of various poets could be measured by their varied responses to the Orphic material." Johnson applies this framework to a close reading of several key Australian poets, including A. D. Hope and the notorious "mythical" poet, Ern Malley.' (Source: Introduction p. 2)
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