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Poet

Charles Harpur

1813–1868

Australian-born poet whose writing observed forests, weather, solitude and colonial life with unusual precision and ambition.

3 poems in the collection

National Library of Australia · public domain · Public domain in Australia

Forest stillness, landscape and colonial reflection.

3 poems

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Landscape & natureA Mid-Summer Noon in the Australian Forest1918 · POEM-001716 Landscape, weather & seasonsA Storm in the Mountains1888 · POEM-002297 Bush life & legendThe Creek of the Four Graves1888 · POEM-002296

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