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Genius Lost sequence   poetry  
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1984... 1984 Genius Lost
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  • This sequence appears in a number of versions. 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).

Includes

The Sorrows Part One: The Festival i "And this has been a day of dance and song", Charles Harpur , 1855 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 831-836)
The Sorrows: Chorus of the Hours i "Is there no dawning of a better morrow!", Charles Harpur , 1855 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 837-838)
The Sorrows Part Two: The Book i "Away fond Book! thou talkst of mirth and joy,", Charles Harpur , 1853 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 3 November no. 878 1853; (p. S2)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 838-843)
The Sorrows Part Two: Chorus of the Hours i "Ah, that a happy childhood's happiest days", Charles Harpur , 1847 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Sydney Chronicle , 21 December 1847; (p. 4)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 843-844)
The Sorrows Part Three : Misery i "As the moaning wild waves ever", Charles Harpur , 1856 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 9 April no. 1639 1856; (p. 3)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 850)
The Sorrows: Semi Chorus i "Ah! that death", Charles Harpur , 1855 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Empire , 26 April no. 1654 1856; (p. 5)
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 7 May vol. 55 no. 9033 1867; (p. 5)
— Appears in: The Poetical Works of Charles Harpur 1984; (p. 838)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • 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. 829-901
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Related Works

The Lament of the Bard i "I am weary,- I am weary", Charles Harpur , 1837 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Australian , 11 August vol. 4 no. 426 (New Series 1837; (p. 4)
Despair i "Terrible is thy grandeur, O Despair", Charles Harpur , 1846 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser , 28 October 1846; (p. 1)
A Passage from 'Genius Lost' i "This then was the world", Charles Harpur , 1862 extract poetry (Genius Lost)
— Appears in: The Empire , 2 June 1862; (p. 5)
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