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- Author:agent Henry Lawson http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/lawson-henry
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Originally published in 1918 as part of an advertising campaign for Heenzo (Hean's Essence), a coughs, colds, croup and catarrh remedy. The advertisement, which appeared around Australia and New Zealand, comprised six poems - 'The Tragedy' (Henry Lawson), 'A Repudiation' (J. W. Gordon), 'A Confession' (Mrs Stan Roberts), 'Another Confession' (Harley Cohen) and 'Absolution - For the Woman' and 'Forgiveness - For the Strollers' (both by Lawson under the pseudonym, 'Arry).
The advertisement was republished 1934 and again in 1944. Additional copy for the 1944 Bulletin reprint records:
Famous advertisement repeated after twenty-eight years in response to many request from all parts of Australia... The above poems ['The Tragedy' and 'A Repudiation'] caused Mrs Stan Roberts and Mr Harley Cohen to write the following poems, then Henry Lawson replied with 'Absolution' and 'Forgiveness' (5 July 1944, p.28).
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The advertisement was also published in:
- Argus 23 July (1918), 6.
- Evening Post (NZ) 10 August (1918), 12.
- NZ Truth (NZ) 17 August (1918), 3.
- Table Talk 1 August (1934), Centenary Review, n. pag.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Notes:Minor title variations appear in texts
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Appears in:
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The Bulletin
vol.
39
no.
2009
15 August
1918
Z593273
1918
periodical issue
1918
(pg. 291918)
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y
The Bulletin
vol.
39
no.
2009
15 August
1918
Z593273
1918
periodical issue
1918
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Appears in:
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y
The Australian Town and Country Journal
vol.
98
no.
2529
24 July
1918
Z593275
1918
newspaper issue
1918
(pg. 411918)
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y
The Australian Town and Country Journal
vol.
98
no.
2529
24 July
1918
Z593275
1918
newspaper issue
1918
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Appears in:
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The Lone Hand
vol.
8
no.
9
1 August
1918
Z593277
1918
periodical issue
1918
(pg. 3731918)
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The Lone Hand
vol.
8
no.
9
1 August
1918
Z593277
1918
periodical issue
1918
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Appears in:
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The Brisbane Courier
7 September
1918
Z1877866
1918
newspaper issue
1918
(pg. 141918)
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y
The Brisbane Courier
7 September
1918
Z1877866
1918
newspaper issue
1918
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Appears in:
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The Advertiser
7 September
1918
Z1877868
1918
newspaper issue
1918
(pg. 131918)
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y
The Advertiser
7 September
1918
Z1877868
1918
newspaper issue
1918
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Appears in:
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Auckland Star
17 August
1918
Z1877870
1918
newspaper issue
1918
(pg. 171918)
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y
Auckland Star
17 August
1918
Z1877870
1918
newspaper issue
1918
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Appears in:
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The Sydney Mail
15 May
1918
Z1925396
1918
newspaper issue
1918
(pg. 31918)
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y
The Sydney Mail
15 May
1918
Z1925396
1918
newspaper issue
1918
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Appears in:
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y
The Bulletin
vol.
65
no.
3360
5 July
1944
Z593279
1944
periodical issue
1944
(pg. 281944)
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y
The Bulletin
vol.
65
no.
3360
5 July
1944
Z593279
1944
periodical issue
1944
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Appears in:
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y
A Fantasy of Man : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1901-1922
Henry Lawson
,
Leonard Cronin
(editor),
Sydney
:
Lansdowne
,
1984
Z378760
1984
selected work
poetry
short story
autobiography
correspondence
humour
Sydney
:
Lansdowne
,
1984
(pg. 7271984)
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y
A Fantasy of Man : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1901-1922
Henry Lawson
,
Leonard Cronin
(editor),
Sydney
:
Lansdowne
,
1984
Z378760
1984
selected work
poetry
short story
autobiography
correspondence
humour
Sydney
:
Lansdowne
,
1984
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Appears in:
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y
An Australian Treasury of Popular Verse
Jim Haynes
(editor),
Sydney
:
ABC Books
,
2002
Z985597
2002
anthology
poetry
Sydney
:
ABC Books
,
2002
(pg. 3872002)
-
y
An Australian Treasury of Popular Verse
Jim Haynes
(editor),
Sydney
:
ABC Books
,
2002
Z985597
2002
anthology
poetry
Sydney
:
ABC Books
,
2002
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Related Works
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A Repudiation
i
"I never pinched your Heenzo -",
Jim Grahame
,
1918
single work
poetry
humour
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 August vol. 39 no. 2009 1918; (p. 29) The Australian Town and Country Journal , 24 July vol. 98 no. 2529 1918; (p. 41) The Brisbane Courier , 7 September 1918; (p. 14) Auckland Star , 17 August 1918; (p. 17) The Advertiser , 7 September 1918; (p. 13) The Bulletin , 5 July vol. 65 no. 3360 1944; (p. 28)Originally published in 1918 as part of an advertising campaign for Heenzo (Hean's Essence), a coughs, colds, croup and catarrh remedy. The advertisement, which appeared around Australia and New Zealand, comprised six poems - 'The Tragedy' (Henry Lawson), 'A Repudiation' (J. W. Gordon), 'A Confession' (Mrs Stan Roberts), 'Another Confession' (Harley Cohen) and 'Absolution - For the Woman' and 'Forgiveness - For the Strollers' (both by Lawson under the pseudonym, 'Arry).
The advertisement was republished 1934 and again in1944. Additional copy for the 1944 Bulletin reprint records:
Famous advertisement repeated after twenty-eight years in response to many request from all parts of Australia... The above poems ['The Tragedy' and 'A Repudiation'] caused Mrs Stan Roberts and Mr Harley Cohen to write the following poems, then Henry Lawson replied with 'Absolution' and 'Forgiveness' (5 July 1944, p.28).
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A Confession
i
"I pinched your Heenzo, Harry,",
Mrs Stan Roberts
,
1918
single work
poetry
humour
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 August vol. 39 no. 2009 1918; (p. 29) The Australian Town and Country Journal , 24 July vol. 98 no. 2529 1918; (p. 41) The Brisbane Courier , 7 September 1918; (p. 14) Auckland Star , 17 August 1918; (p. 17) The Advertiser , 7 September 1918; (p. 13) The Bulletin , 5 July vol. 65 no. 3360 1944; (p. 28)Originally published in 1918 as part of an advertising campaign for Heenzo (Hean's Essence), a coughs, colds, croup and catarrh remedy. The advertisement, which appeared around Australia and New Zealand, comprised six poems - 'The Tragedy' (Henry Lawson), 'A Repudiation' (J. W. Gordon), 'A Confession' (Mrs Stan Roberts), 'Another Confession' (Harley Cohen) and 'Absolution - For the Woman' and 'Forgiveness - For the Strollers' (both by Lawson under the pseudonym, 'Arry).
The advertisement was republished 1934 and again in1944. Additional copy for the 1944 Bulletin reprint records:
Famous advertisement repeated after twenty-eight years in response to many request from all parts of Australia... The above poems ['The Tragedy' and 'A Repudiation'] caused Mrs Stan Roberts and Mr Harley Cohen to write the following poems, then Henry Lawson replied with 'Absolution' and 'Forgiveness' (5 July 1944, p.28).
-
Forgiveness - for the Strollers
i
"So they write to confess, and they write in distress,",
'Arry
,
1918
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 24 July vol. 98 no. 2529 1918; (p. 41) The Brisbane Courier , 7 September 1918; (p. 14) The Advertiser , 7 September 1918; (p. 13) Auckland Star , 17 August 1918; (p. 17) The Bulletin , 5 July vol. 65 no. 3360 1944; (p. 28) A Fantasy of Man : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1901-1922 1984; (p. 728)Originally published in 1918 as part of an advertising campaign for Heenzo (Hean's Essence), a coughs, colds, croup and catarrh remedy. The advertisement, which appeared around Australia and New Zealand, comprised six poems - 'The Tragedy' (Henry Lawson), 'A Repudiation' (J. W. Gordon), 'A Confession' (Mrs Stan Roberts), 'Another Confession' (Harley Cohen) and 'Absolution - For the Woman' and 'Forgiveness - For the Strollers' (both by Lawson under the pseudonym, 'Arry).
The advertisement was republished 1934 and again in1944. Additional copy for the 1944 Bulletin reprint records:
Famous advertisement repeated after twenty-eight years in response to many request from all parts of Australia... The above poems ['The Tragedy' and 'A Repudiation'] caused Mrs Stan Roberts and Mr Harley Cohen to write the following poems, then Henry Lawson replied with 'Absolution' and 'Forgiveness' (5 July 1944, p.28).
-
Absolution - for the Woman
i
"So there's a woman in the case!",
'Arry
,
1918
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 24 July vol. 98 no. 2529 1918; (p. 41) Auckland Star , 17 August 1918; (p. 17) The Advertiser , 7 September 1918; (p. 13) The Brisbane Courier , 7 September 1918; (p. 14) The Bulletin , 5 July vol. 65 no. 3360 1944; (p. 28) A Fantasy of Man : Henry Lawson Complete Works 1901-1922 1984; (p. 728) Originally published in 1918 as part of an advertising campaign for Heenzo (Hean's Essence), a coughs, colds, croup and catarrh remedy. The advertisement, which appeared around Australia and New Zealand, comprised six poems - 'The Tragedy' (Henry Lawson), 'A Repudiation' (J. W. Gordon), 'A Confession' (Mrs Stan Roberts), 'Another Confession' (Harley Cohen) and 'Absolution - For the Woman' and 'Forgiveness - For the Strollers' (both by Lawson under the pseudonym, 'Arry).
The advertisement was republished 1934 and again in1944. Additional copy for ther 1944 Bulletin reprint records:Famous advertisement repeated after twenty-eight years in response to many request from all parts of Australia... The above poems ['The Tragedy' and 'A Repudiation'] caused Mrs Stan Roberts and Mr Harley Cohen to write the following poems, then Henry Lawson replied with 'Absolution' and 'Forgiveness' (5 July 1944, p.28).
-
Another Confession
i
"I have read your blanky squealin'",
Harley Cohen
,
1918
single work
poetry
humour
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 August vol. 39 no. 2009 1918; (p. 29) The Australian Town and Country Journal , 24 July vol. 98 no. 2529 1918; (p. 41) The Brisbane Courier , 7 September 1918; (p. 14) The Advertiser , 7 September 1918; (p. 13) Auckland Star , 17 August 1918; (p. 17) The Bulletin , 5 July vol. 65 no. 3360 1944; (p. 28)Originally published in 1918 as part of an advertising campaign for Heenzo (Hean's Essence), a coughs, colds, croup and catarrh remedy. The advertisement, which appeared around Australia and New Zealand, comprised six poems - 'The Tragedy' (Henry Lawson), 'A Repudiation' (J. W. Gordon), 'A Confession' (Mrs Stan Roberts), 'Another Confession' (Harley Cohen) and 'Absolution - For the Woman' and 'Forgiveness - For the Strollers' (both by Lawson under the pseudonym, 'Arry).
The advertisement was republished 1934 and again in1944. Additional copy for the 1944 Bulletin reprint records:
Famous advertisement repeated after twenty-eight years in response to many request from all parts of Australia... The above poems ['The Tragedy' and 'A Repudiation'] caused Mrs Stan Roberts and Mr Harley Cohen to write the following poems, then Henry Lawson replied with 'Absolution' and 'Forgiveness' (5 July 1944, p.28).