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Charles Harpur (author) (1813-1868)

Notes [by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: These explanatory notes by Charles Harpur were published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Notes. An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament (p. 113.) It will be remembered that, a few years back, a party of Stockmen (several of whom were … [Read more...] about Notes [by Charles Harpur]

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To My First Born: Washington Harpur [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] To My First Born. Washington Harpur. My beautiful! For beautiful thou art To me thy father, as the morning light Which makes all common objects fresh … [Read more...] about To My First Born: Washington Harpur [poem by Charles Harpur]

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The Flight of Peace [poem by Charles Harpur]

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[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] The Flight of Peace. Trust and Treachery, Wisdom, Folly, Madness, Mirth and Melancholy, Love and Hatred, Thrift and Pillage, All are housed in one small … [Read more...] about The Flight of Peace [poem by Charles Harpur]

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Records of Romantic Passion [poem by Charles Harpur]

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[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Records of Romantic Passion. There’s a rare Soul of Poesy which may be But concentrated by the chastened dreams Of constant hearts. Where’er the … [Read more...] about Records of Romantic Passion [poem by Charles Harpur]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Charles Harpur (author) (1813-1868), poem, SourceSLV, The Bushrangers (Charles Harpur 1853), year1853

A Trooper of France in Desperate Need [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853). The poem was not given a title on its page in the book; however, it was listed on the Contents page as “A Trooper of France in desperate need”.] [A Trooper of … [Read more...] about A Trooper of France in Desperate Need [poem by Charles Harpur]

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To My Young Countryman, D. H. D. [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem (about Daniel Henry Deniehy) by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853). The poem is addressed to Daniel Henry Deniehy.] To My Young Countryman, D. H. D. Who doubteth when the Morning Star doth … [Read more...] about To My Young Countryman, D. H. D. [poem by Charles Harpur]

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The Verse of Coleridge’s ‘Christabel’ [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] The Verse of Coleridge’s ‘Christabel.’ Mark yon runnel how ’tis flowing, Like a sylvan spirit dreaming Of the Spring-blooms near it blowing And the … [Read more...] about The Verse of Coleridge’s ‘Christabel’ [poem by Charles Harpur]

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Wordsworth [poem by Charles Harpur]

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[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Wordsworth. Lofty and strenuous of sentiment But narrow and partial in its scope and bent, And thence the bigot of a local set Of habitudes, meshed … [Read more...] about Wordsworth [poem by Charles Harpur]

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Burns [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Burns. My own wild Burns! these rude-wrought rhymes of thine In golden worth are like the unshapely coin Of some new realm, yet pure as from the mine … [Read more...] about Burns [poem by Charles Harpur]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Charles Harpur (author) (1813-1868), poem, Robert Burns (1759-1796) (subject), SourceSLV, The Bushrangers (Charles Harpur 1853), year1853

The Tree of Liberty [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] The Tree of Liberty. We’ll plant a Tree of Liberty In the centre of the land, And round it ranged as guardians be, A vowed and trusty band; And sages … [Read more...] about The Tree of Liberty [poem by Charles Harpur]

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My Political Belief [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] My Political Belief. O Liberty, yet build thee an august And best abode in this most virgin clime; The Old World yet, power-trampled to the dust, Hath … [Read more...] about My Political Belief [poem by Charles Harpur]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Charles Harpur (author) (1813-1868), poem, SourceSLV, The Bushrangers (Charles Harpur 1853), year1853

An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament. O I would further fly, my child, to make thee safer yet From the unsparing White Man’s dread hand all murder wet, Yet bear … [Read more...] about An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament [poem by Charles Harpur]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Charles Harpur (author) (1813-1868), conflict Whites vs Aborigines, poem, SourceSLV, The Bushrangers (Charles Harpur 1853), year1853

Consolation [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Consolation. Mine heart is heavy with an ancient sorrow, My brain is aching with a clinging grief, And if I seek to smooth away the furrow It plougheth … [Read more...] about Consolation [poem by Charles Harpur]

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Finality [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Finality. A heavy and desolate sense of life Is all the Past makes mine — and still A cold contempt of Fortune’s strife, Despite the dread Of want of … [Read more...] about Finality [poem by Charles Harpur]

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Freedom in Faith [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Freedom in Faith. His mind alone is kingly who (though one) But venerates of present things or past What he believeth good, kneeling to none Save God … [Read more...] about Freedom in Faith [poem by Charles Harpur]

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The Leaf-Glancing Boughs [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853). The poem was not given a title on its page in the book; however, it was listed on the Contents page as “The leaf-glancing Boughs”.] [The Leaf-Glancing … [Read more...] about The Leaf-Glancing Boughs [poem by Charles Harpur]

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The Master Mariner’s Song [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] The Master Mariner’s Song. (Outward Bound.) Away, away she plunges With her white sails o’er her spread, Like the summer clouds that gather On some … [Read more...] about The Master Mariner’s Song [poem by Charles Harpur]

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The Dream by the Fountain [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] The Dream by the Fountain. Thought-weary and sad I reclined by a Fountain At the head of a white-cedar shaded ravine, And the breeze that fell over the … [Read more...] about The Dream by the Fountain [poem by Charles Harpur]

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The Manifold Hills [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853). The poem was not given a title on its page in the book; however, it was listed on the Contents page as “The manifold hills”.] [The Manifold Hills] The … [Read more...] about The Manifold Hills [poem by Charles Harpur]

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Love is Wayward [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853). The poem was not given a title on its page in the book; however, it was listed on the Contents page as “Love is wayward”.] [Love is Wayward] Love is … [Read more...] about Love is Wayward [poem by Charles Harpur]

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The Enquiry [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] The Enquiry. O say, if into sudden storm Some future cloud we may not shun Should burst, and Love’s bright world deform, His and your Poet leaving … [Read more...] about The Enquiry [poem by Charles Harpur]

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Wherever in Some Wildwood Bower [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853). The poem was not given a title on its page in the book; however, it was listed on the Contents page as “Wherever in some wildwood Bower”.] [Wherever in Some … [Read more...] about Wherever in Some Wildwood Bower [poem by Charles Harpur]

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Absence [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Absence. Nightly I watch the moon with silvery sheen Flaking the city house-tops, till I feel Thy memory, Rosa, like a presence, steal Down in her … [Read more...] about Absence [poem by Charles Harpur]

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Dreams of the Beloved [poem by Charles Harpur]

12 September 2016 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] Dreams of the Beloved. Her image haunts me. Lo! I muse at even, And straight it gathers from the gloom to make My soul its mirror, which (as some deep … [Read more...] about Dreams of the Beloved [poem by Charles Harpur]

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“Yes” [poem by Charles Harpur]

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[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] “Yes.” My soul is raying like a star, My heart is happier than a bird, And all to hear through fortune’s jar One promissory word. A sound as simple … [Read more...] about “Yes” [poem by Charles Harpur]

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