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Robert Emmett single work   poetry   "Oh, why should the cold chain of silence be thrown"
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
First known date: 1843 Issue Details: First known date: 1843... 1843 Robert Emmett
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Alternative title: Robert Emmitt
Notes:
Appears with the title 'Robert Emmitt' in Charles Harpur's corrected version of the poem published in the Morning Chronicle (25 May 1844): 4.
Notes:
20 lines.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Morning Chronicle vol. 1 no. 67 25 May 1844 Z632616 1844 newspaper issue 1844 pg. 4
  • 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. 770-771
    Note: Appears with title 'Robert Emmett'.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Turning Wave : Poems and Songs of Irish Australia Colleen Burke (editor), Vincent Woods (editor), Armidale : Kardoorair Press , 2001 Z929605 2001 anthology poetry Armidale : Kardoorair Press , 2001 pg. 26
    Note: Appears with title 'Robert Emmet' and attributed to Anon.
Alternative title: Robert Emmet
First line of verse: "Oh, why the dark mantle of silence be thrown"
Notes:
The title 'Robert Emmet' was given to the poem in its first published version by the editor of the Morning Chronicle. The editor also altered the first line.
Notes:
16 lines.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Morning Chronicle vol. 1 no. 67 25 May 1844 Z632616 1844 newspaper issue 1844 pg. 4
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Morning Chronicle vol. 1 no. 63 11 May 1844 Z1846903 1844 newspaper issue 1844 pg. 2
    Note: The epigraph is linked separately.
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