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On the Death of an Infant Relative single work   poetry   "And art thou gone? so early gone?"
Is part of Poems by Charles Harpur Charles Harpur , 1846 series - author poetry (number 20 in series)
  • Author:agent Charles Harpur http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/harpur-charles
Issue Details: First known date: 1835... 1835 On the Death of an Infant Relative
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Alternative title: Verses Occasioned by the Death of a Child of the Meazles
Notes:
23 lines. (Five lines only in third stanza; other stanzas have six lines each.)
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian 12 May 1835 Z1785039 1835 newspaper issue 1835 pg. 4
First line of verse: "And art thou gone? so early gone!"
Notes:
  • 24 lines. (Four stanzas, each comprising six lines.)
  • The third stanza includes variations from the 1835 Australian version.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Literary News vol. 1 no. 26 3 February 1838 Z1848902 1838 periodical issue 1838 pg. 248
    Note: Written as: Stebii.
Alternative title: Elegy : On the Death of Esther Palmer, My Sister's Infant Daughter
First line of verse: "And art thou gone, dear child - so early gone?"
Notes:
24 lines.
First line of verse: "And art thou gone - so early gone! dear Child?"
Notes:
36 lines.
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser 5 August 1846 Z632722 1846 newspaper issue 1846 pg. 1
  • 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. 777-778
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