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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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