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A dried and worldly heart��
When some that look can only see
The cold�察�the barren part��
The Miser�察�full with thoughts of gain��
The meanest of his race��
May in his breast some verdure hide��
Though none that verdure trace。
Where time´worn cliffs were jutting out��
With rough and ragged edges��
The snowy mountain´lily slept
Behind the earthy ledges��
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Like some sweet Oriental Maid��
Who blindly deems it duty
To wear a veil before her face��
And hide her peerless beauty��
Or like to Innocence that thrives
In midst of sin and sorrows��
Nor from the cheerless scene around
The least infection borrows��
But stayeth out her mortal life ´
Though in that lifetime lonely ´
With Virtue's lustre round her heart��
And Virtue's lustre only。
A patch of sunshine here and there
Lay on a leaf´strewn water´pool��
Whose tribute trickled down the rocks
In gurgling ripples�察�clear and cool��
As iguanas�察�from the clefts��
Would steal along with rustling sound��
To where the restless eddies roamed
Amongst the arrowy rushes round。
While�察�scanning them with angry eyes
From off a fallen myrtle log
That branchless bridged the brushy creek��
There stood and barked�察�a Shepherd's Dog��
And underneath a neighbouring mass
Of wattles intertwining��
His Master lay ´ his back against
The grassy banks reclining。
Beneath the shade of ironbarks��
Stretched o'er the valley's sloping bed ´
Half hidden in a tea´tree scrub��
A flock of dusky sheep were spread��
And fitful bleating faintly came
On every joyous breath of wind��
That up the stony hills would fly��
And leave the hollows far behind��
Wild tones of music from the Creek
Were intermingling with the breeze��
The loud�察�rich lays of countless birds
Perched on the dark mimosa trees��
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Those merry birds�察�with wings of light
Which rival every golden ray
Out´flashing from the lamps of Night��
Or streaming o'er the brow of Day。
Amongst the gnarly apple´trees��
A gorgeous tribe of parrots came��
And screaming�察�leapt from bough to bough��
Like living jets of crimson flame��
And where the hillside´growing gums
Their web´like foliage upward threw��
Old Nature rang with echoes from
The loud´voiced mountain cockatoo��
And a thousand nameless twittering things��
Between the rustling sapling sprays��
Were flashing through the fragrant leaves��
And dancing like to fabled fays��
Rejoicing in the glorious light
That beauteous Morning had unfurled
To make the heart of Nature glad��
And clothe with smiles a weeping World。
THE GIRL I LEFT BEHIND
��New Words to an Old Air。��
WITH sweet Regret ´ ��the dearest thing that Yesterday has left us�� ´
We often turn our homeless eyes to scenes whence Fate has reft us。
Here sitting by a fading flame�察�wild waifs of song remind me
Of Annie with her gentle ways�察�the Girl I left behind me。
I stood beside the surging sea�察�with lips of silent passion ´
I faced you by the surging sea�察�O brows of mild repression��
I never said ´ ``my darling�察�stay��'' ´ the moments seemed to bind me
To something stifling all my words for the Girl I left behind me。
The pathos worn by common things ´ by every wayside flower��
Or Autumn leaf on lonely winds�察�revives the parting hour。
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Ye swooning thoughts without a voice ´ ye tears which rose to blind me��
Why did she fade into the Dark�察�the Girl I left behind me。
At night they always come to me�察�the tender and true´hearted��
And in my dreams we join again the hands which now are parted��
And�察�looking through the gates of Sleep�察�the pleasant Moon doth find me
For ever wandering with my Love�察�the Girl I left behind me。
You know my life is incomplete�察�O far´off faint Ideal��
When shall I reach you from a depth of darkness which is real��
So I may mingle�察�soul in soul�察�with her that Heaven assigned me��
So she may lean upon my love�察�the Girl I left behind me。
AMONGST THE ROSES
I WALKED through a Forest�察�beneath the hot noon��
On Etheline calling and calling��
One said�此 �`She will hear you and come to you soon��
When the coolness�察�my brother�察�is falling。''
But I whispered�此 �`O Darling�察�I falter with pain��''
And the thirsty leaves rustled�察�and hissed for the rain��
Where a wayfarer halted and slept on the plain��
And dreamt of a garden of Roses��
Of a cool sweet place��
And a nestling face
In a dance and a dazzle of Roses。
In the drouth of a Desert�察�outwearied�察�I wept��
O Etheline�察�darkened with dolours��
But�察�folded in sunset�察�how long have you slept
By the Roses all reeling with colours��
A tree from its tresses a blossom did shake��
It fell on her face�察�and I feared she would wake��
So I brushed it away for her sweet sake��
In that garden of beautiful Roses��
In the dreamy perfumes
From ripe´red blooms
In a dance and a dazzle of Roses。
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SUNSET
IT is better�察�O day�察�that you go to your rest��
For you go like a guest who was loth to remain��
Swing open�察�ye gates of the east and the west��
And let out the wild shadows ´ the night and the rain。
Ye winds�察�ye are dead�察�with your voices attuned��
That thrilled the green life in the sweet´scented sheaves��
When I touched a warm hand which has faded�察�and swooned
To a trance of the darkness�察�and blight on the leaves。
I had studied the lore in her maiden´like ways��
And the large´hearted love of my Annie was won��
'Ere Summer had passed into passionate days��
Or Autumn made ready her fruits for the Sun。
So my life was complete�察�and the hours that went by��
And the moon and the willow´wooed waters around��
Might have known that we rested�察�my Annie and I��
In happiness calm as the slumber of sound。
On Sundays we wandered�察�as glad as a breeze��
By the rocks and the waves on a glittering beach��
Or we loitered in gardens melodious with bees��
And sucked the sweet pulp of the plum and the peach。
``The Forest will show me the secrets of Fame��''
I said to myself in the gum´shadowed glen��
``I will call every blossom and tree by its name��
And the people shall deem me a man of the men。
``I will gather Roses of Sharon�察�my Soul�察 �
The Roses of Sharon so cool and so sweet��
And our brothers shall see me entwining the whole
For a garland to drop at my dear Annie's feet。''
It is better�察�O day�察�that you go to your rest��
For you go like a guest who was loth to remain��
Swing open�察�ye gates of the east and the west��
And let out the wild shadows ´ the night and the rain。
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DOUBTING
A BROTHER wandered forth with me��
Beside a barren beach��
He harped on things beyond the sea��
And out of reach。
He hinted once of unknown skies��
And then I would not hark��
But turned away from steadfast eyes��
Into the dark。
And said ´ ``an ancient faith is dead
And wonder fills my mind��
I marvel how the blind have led
So long the blind。
``Behold this truth we only know
That night is on the land��
And we a weary way must go
To find God's hand。''
I wept ´ ``Our fathers told us�察�Lord��
That Thou wert kind and just��
But lo� �our wailings fly abroad
For broken trust。
``How many evil ones are here
Who mocking go about��
Because we are too faint with fear
To wrestle Doubt��
``Thy riddles are beyond the ken
Of creatures of the sod��
Remember that we are but men��
And Thou art God��
``O�察�doting world�察�methinks your stay
Is weaker than a reed��
Our Father turns His face away��
'Tis dark indeed。''
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The evening woods lay huddled there��
All wrapped in silence strange��
A sudden wind ´ and lo� �the air
Was filled with change。
``Your words are wild��'' my brother said��
``For God's voice fills the breeze��
Go ´ hide yourself�察�as Adam did��
Amongst the trees。
``I pluck the shoes from off my feet��
But dare to look around��
Behold��'' he said�察 �`my Lord I greet��
On holy ground� �`
And God spake through the wind to me ´
``Shake off that gloom of Fear��
You fainting soul who could not see
That I was near。
``Why vex me crying day and night�拭 �
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