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The Sorrows Part Two: The Book single work   poetry   "Away fond Book! thou talkst of mirth and joy,"
Is part of Genius Lost Charles Harpur , 1984 sequence poetry
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1853... 1853 The Sorrows Part Two: The Book
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Notes

  • This poem appears in a number of versions from 1853 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: The Flight of Faith
First line of verse: "As through an ocean of uprolling mist"
Notes:
Comprises 18 lines.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 878 3 November 1853 Z1723022 1853 newspaper issue 1853 pg. S2
Alternative title: [Chorus of the Hours] II : The Book
Notes:
Comprises 162 lines.
  • 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. 838-843
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