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Issue Details:
First known date:
1844...
vol.
1
no.
63
11 May
1844
of
The Morning Chronicle
est. 1843-1847
The Morning Chronicle
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* Contents derived from the 1844 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Robert Emmet
"Oh, why the dark mantle of silence be thrown"
Robert Emmetti"Oh, why should the cold chain of silence be thrown",
single work
poetry
(p. 2)
'Reprinted 25 May, 4, with [a report on] an angry letter from Harpur protesting against editor's changes and the poem in its original form.' (Webby)
The first published version of this poem, printed in the Morning Chronicle newspaper on the 11 May 1844, was extensively altered by the Chronicle's editor.
Charles Harpur's correct version of the poem is published in the Morning Chronicle 25 May 1844 alongside the editor's altered version of the poem and a column apologising for but defending the editor's alterations.
For more information on Harpur's dispute with the editor of the Morning Chronicle see J. Normington-Rawling, Charles Harpur, An Australian (Angus & Robertson, 1962): 98-99.
Note: The epigraph is linked separately.
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