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Theodic Optimism single work   poetry   "Man's life is but a boastful weakness,"
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
First known date: 1854 Issue Details: First known date: 1854... 1854 Theodic Optimism
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  • This poem appears in a number of versions from 1854 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).

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Alternative title: All Is for the Best
First line of verse: "The world is but a boastful weakness-"
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Empire no. 1991 25 May 1857 Z1732714 1857 newspaper issue 1857 pg. 5
  • 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. 21-22
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