[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur (1813-1868), published in The Empire, 27 May 1851. This poem has also been published as “Noon in the Australian Forest”, “A Mid Summer Noon in the Forest”, and “A Midsummer Noon in the Australian Forest”.] Noon in the Forest at … [Read more...] about Noon in the Forest at Midsummer [poem by Charles Harpur, 27 May 1851]
Charles Harpur (author) (1813-1868)
The Tower of the Dream: Part 4 [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This is part 4 of The Tower of the Dream (1865), by Charles Harpur.] Part IV. At last, all suddenly, in the air aloft, O’er the tower a wild, weird, wailful song Woke flying, many-voiced; — then sweeping off Out tow’rds the echoey hills, so passed away In … [Read more...] about The Tower of the Dream: Part 4 [poem by Charles Harpur]
The Tower of the Dream: Part 3 [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This is part 3 of The Tower of the Dream (1865), by Charles Harpur.] Part III. She ceased: and a deep tingling silence fell Instantly round, — silence complete, and yet Instinct as with a breathing sweetness, left By the rare spirit of her voice … [Read more...] about The Tower of the Dream: Part 3 [poem by Charles Harpur]
The Tower of the Dream: Part 2 [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This is part 2 of The Tower of the Dream (1865), by Charles Harpur.] Part II. Within a circular balcony, whose roof Was fluted silver, ledging at the eaves Outward, and resting upon shafts of jet, Whose polished pencils, in a curving row Descending to an … [Read more...] about The Tower of the Dream: Part 2 [poem by Charles Harpur]
The Tower of the Dream: Part 1 [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: This is part 1 of The Tower of the Dream (1865), by Charles Harpur.] The Tower of the Dream. Part I. How wonderful are dreams! Yet, are they but (As some suppose) the thin disjoining shades Of thoughts or feelings long foregone or late, As recomposed and … [Read more...] about The Tower of the Dream: Part 1 [poem by Charles Harpur]
The Tower of the Dream [poem by Charles Harpur, 1865]
[Editor: This booklet-length poem of four parts was written by Charles Harpur. As this publication did not have a contents page, a list of the contents has been provided so as to enable easier access to the text.] The Tower of the Dream By Charles Harpur. Reprinted … [Read more...] about The Tower of the Dream [poem by Charles Harpur, 1865]
Words [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur.] Words Words are deeds. The words we hear May revolutionize or rear A mighty state. The words we read May be a spiritual deed Excelling any fleshly one, As much as the celestial sun Transcends a bonfire, made to throw A light upon … [Read more...] about Words [poem by Charles Harpur]
Love Sonnets: VI [poem by Charles Harpur]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur.] Love Sonnets: VI She loves me ! From her own bliss-breathing lips The live confession came, like rich perfume From crimson petals bursting into bloom ! And still my heart at the remembrance skips Like a young lion, and my tongue too … [Read more...] about Love Sonnets: VI [poem by Charles Harpur]
An Anthem for the Australasian League [song by Charles Harpur, 1853]
[Editor: This poem by Charles Harpur was published in The Bushrangers; A Play in Five Acts, and Other Poems (1853).] An Anthem for the Australasian League. Shall we sing of Loyalty To the far South’s fiery youth? Yea — but let the paean be Of loyalty to God and … [Read more...] about An Anthem for the Australasian League [song by Charles Harpur, 1853]
Melody [poem by Charles Harpur, 26 September 1835]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur, published in The Sydney Monitor, 26 September 1835.] Melody. By C. Harpur. Australia, how ’rapt can I wend by thy fountains, Or view thy wild champaigns spread far on my sight, And rise in my love, as I rise on thy mountains Where … [Read more...] about Melody [poem by Charles Harpur, 26 September 1835]
An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament [poem by Charles Harpur; in an anthology of poetry, 1888]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur. Published in Australian Ballads and Rhymes: Poems Inspired by Life and Scenery in Australia and New Zealand (1888).] An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament. Still farther would I fly, my child, To make thee safer yet, From the unsparing white … [Read more...] about An Aboriginal Mother’s Lament [poem by Charles Harpur; in an anthology of poetry, 1888]
The Bush Fire [poem by Charles Harpur, 31 March 1851]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur.] Contributions to Australian literature. (Being leaves from Charles Harpur’s Wild Bee of Australia) No. 2. The Bush Fire “’Tis nine o’clock :— to bed !” cried Egremont, Who, with his youthful household, (for ’tis now Long since) … [Read more...] about The Bush Fire [poem by Charles Harpur, 31 March 1851]
To the Harp of Australia [poem by Charles Harpur, 19 September 1835]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur.] To the Harp of Australia By C. Harpur. Wild Harp of Australia ! — will none ravish thee From the dark trackless forest the hand unrefin’d, Yea — the savage no more thy sole master shall be, No longer thy lay be but wrote on the … [Read more...] about To the Harp of Australia [poem by Charles Harpur, 19 September 1835]
Memory’s Genesis [poem by Charles Harpur, 10 July 1835]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur.] Memory’s Genesis. By C. Harper. Few men methinks can look behind, Upon their spring-time of the past, And when compared with it not find, The present but a dreary waste ; And not bewail as Adam might, The Eden he had … [Read more...] about Memory’s Genesis [poem by Charles Harpur, 10 July 1835]
Love’s Memories [poem by Charles Harpur, 12 June 1835]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur.] Love’s Memories. (By C. Harpur.) I. You tell me, she yet talks of me, And vainly would forget, The features of those days, in which We parted and we met. You tell me she most haunts that grove, Where once with me she … [Read more...] about Love’s Memories [poem by Charles Harpur, 12 June 1835]
To Imagination [poem by Charles Harpur, 9 June 1835]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur.] To Imagination Enchanting power! whose rich effulgent ray Divine ! (of unfeign’d magic only sphere,) Doth add a fuel to the blaze of day, Burnish the glories of the rolling year ; And fallen nature make, us e’re she fell, appear, … [Read more...] about To Imagination [poem by Charles Harpur, 9 June 1835]
The Broken Heart’s Carouse [poem by Charles Harpur, 2 June 1835]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur.] The Broken Heart’s Carouse. I. Come Alan I will fill the bowl, And thou shall sing that song of mine ; Which dates the storm that wreck’d my soul, And fits me for the fiery wine. Yea, often may I lift it up — Keen misery hath … [Read more...] about The Broken Heart’s Carouse [poem by Charles Harpur, 2 June 1835]
The Minstrel’s Last Lay [poem by Charles Harpur, 23 May 1835]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur.] The Minstrel’s Last Lay. I. Yet once again my broken lyre, I strike thy one remaining string ; But not with aught of minstrel fire, Fan’d high by fancy’s wing, That did with all of hope expire ; Or ‘neath contumely’s … [Read more...] about The Minstrel’s Last Lay [poem by Charles Harpur, 23 May 1835]
The Hectic To Her Nurse [poem by Charles Harpur, 22 May 1835]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur.] The Hectic To Her Nurse. And is it true that he hath ta’en Another to that breast ? On which so late, my cheek hath lain, My trusting heart hath prest ! Was it because my native vale And parents arms for him I left? — or that my … [Read more...] about The Hectic To Her Nurse [poem by Charles Harpur, 22 May 1835]
Verses Occasioned by the Death of a Child of the Measles [poem by Charles Harpur, 12 May 1835]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur.] Verses Occasioned by the Death of a Child of the Measles. And art thou gone ? so early gone ? But yesterday and thou wer’t fresh, As is the breeze the mountains on, Or verdure by the fountain’s gush; A day is past and thou art … [Read more...] about Verses Occasioned by the Death of a Child of the Measles [poem by Charles Harpur, 12 May 1835]
The Wreck [poem by Charles Harpur, 20 December 1833]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur.] The Wreck Her sails are furled, and she lies along, A dark still hulk upon the tide, Down from the yards the sailors throng Then on the deck in silence glide; Whilst dread each brow is clouding, And dead the voice of mirth, For … [Read more...] about The Wreck [poem by Charles Harpur, 20 December 1833]
This Southern Land of Ours [poem by Charles Harpur, ca. 1863]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur.] This Southern Land of Ours With alien hearts to frame our laws And cheat us as of old, In vain our soil is rich, in vain ’Tis seamed with virgin gold: But the present only yields us nought, The future only lours Till we dare to be … [Read more...] about This Southern Land of Ours [poem by Charles Harpur, ca. 1863]
Epitaph for a Sailor [poem by Charles Harpur, 4 November 1846]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur.] XXXIV. Epitaph for a Sailor In Port at last ! Around HIS Bark no more The wave shall threaten, or the tempest roar. None ever voyaged the wild sea of Life Less rudened by its danger, toil, and strife. A Man he was in every manly … [Read more...] about Epitaph for a Sailor [poem by Charles Harpur, 4 November 1846]
The Tree of Liberty [poem by Charles Harpur, 4 November 1846]
[Editor: A poem by Charles Harpur.] XXXV. The Tree of Liberty (A Song for the Future.) We’ll plant the Tree of Liberty In the centre of the Land, And round it ranged as Guardians be A vowed and trusty band ; And Sages bold and mighty-souled Shall dress it … [Read more...] about The Tree of Liberty [poem by Charles Harpur, 4 November 1846]