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As pure as those existing on��
And burning still in mine。
Had every treasure at your feet
That I was wont to pour��
Been never thrown like worthless weeds
Upon a barren shore��
The bitter edge of grief has passed��
I would not now upbraid��
Or count to you the broken vows��
So often idly made��
I would not cross your path to chase
The falsehood from your brow ´
I know�察�with all that borrowed light��
You are not happy now��
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Since those that once have trampled down
Affection's early claim��
Have lost a peace they need not hope
To find on earth again。
AILEEN
A SPLENDID sun betwixt the trees
Long spikes of flame did shoot��
When turning to the fragrant South��
With longing eyes and burning mouth��
I stretched a hand athwart the drouth��
And plucked at cooling fruit。
So thirst was quenched�察�and hastening on
With strength returned to me��
I set my face against the noon��
And reached a denser forest soon��
Which dipped into a still lagoon
Hard by the sooming sea。
All day the ocean beat on bar
And bank of gleaming sand��
Yet that lone pool was always mild��
It never moved when waves were wild��
But slumbered�察�like a quiet child��
Upon the lap of land。
And when I rested on the brink��
Amongst the fallen flowers��
I lay in calm�察�no leaves were stirred
By breath of wind�察�or wing of bird��
It was so still�察�you might have heard
The footfalls of the hours。
Faint slumbrous scents of roses filled
The air which covered me��
My words were low ´ ``she loved them so��
In Eden vales such odours blow��
How strange it is that roses grow
So near the shores of Sea��''
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A sweeter fragrance never came
Across the Fields of Yore��
And when I said ´ ``we here would dwell��'' ´
A low voice on the silence fell ´
``Ah� �if you loved the roses well��
You loved Aileen the more。''
``Ay�察�that I did�察�and now would turn��
And fall and worship her��
But Oh�察�you dwell so far ´ so high��
One cannot reach�察�though he may try��
The Morning land�察�and Jasper sky ´
The balmy hills of Myrrh。
``Why vex me with delicious hints
Of fairest face�察�and rarest blooms��
You Spirit of a darling Dream
Which links itself with every theme
And thought of mine by surf or stream��
In glens ´ or caverned glooms��''
She said�察 �`thy wishes led me down��
From amaranthine bowers��
And since my face was haunting thee
With roses ��dear which used to be����
They all have hither followed me��
The scents and shapes of flowers。''
``Then stay�察�mine own evangel�察�stay��
Or�察�going�察�take me too��
But let me sojourn by your side��
If here we dwell or there abide��
It matters not��'' I madly cried ´
``I only care for you。''
Oh�察�glittering Form that would not stay� �
Oh�察�sudden�察�sighing breeze��
A fainting rainbow dropped below
Far gleaming peaks and walls of snow
And there�察�a weary way�察�I go��
Towards the Sunrise seas。
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KOOROORA
THE gums in the gully stand gloomy and stark��
A torrent beneath them is leaping��
And the wind goes about like a ghost in the dark
Where a chief of Wahibbi lies sleeping��
He dreams of a battle ´ of foes of the past��
But he hears not the whooping abroad on the blast��
Nor the fall of the feet that are travelling fast。
Oh�察�why dost thou slumber�察�Kooroora��
They come o'er the hills in their terrible ire��
And speed by the woodlands and water��
They look down the hills at the flickering fire��
All eager and thirsty for slaughter。
Lo� �the stormy moon glares like a torch from the vale��
And a voice in the belah grows wild in its wail��
As the cries of the Wanneroos swell with the gale ´
Oh� �rouse thee and meet them�察�Kooroora��
He starts from his sleep and he clutches his spear��
And the echoes roll backward in wonder��
For a shouting strikes into the hollow woods near��
Like the sound of a gathering thunder。
He clambers the ridge�察�with his face to the light��
The foes of Wahibbi come full in his sight ´
The waters of Mooki will redden to´night。
Go� �and glory awaits thee�察�Kooroora��
Lo� �yeelamans splinter and boomerangs clash��
And a spear through the darkness is driven ´
It whizzes along like a wandering flash
From the heart of a hurricane riven。
They turn to the mountains�察�that gloomy´browed band��
The rain droppeth down with a moan to the land��
And the face of a chieftain lies buried in sand ´
Oh�察�the light that was quenched with Kooroora��
To´morrow the Wanneroo dogs will rejoice��
And feast in this desolate valley��
But where are his brothers ´ the friends of his choice��
And why art thou absent�察�Ewalli��
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Now silence draws back to the forest again��
And the wind�察�like a wayfarer�察�sleeps on the plain��
But the cheeks of a warrior bleach in the rain。
Oh� �where are thy mourners�察�Kooroora��
FAINTING BY THE WAY
SWARTHY wastelands�察�wide and woodless�察�glittering miles and miles away��
Where the south wind seldom wanders and the winters will not stay��
Lurid wastelands�察�pent in silence�察�thick with hot and thirsty sighs��
Where the scanty thorn´leaves twinkle with their haggard�察�hopeless eyes��
Furnaced wastelands�察�hunched with hillocks�察�like to stony billows rolled��
Where the naked flats lie swirling�察�like a sea of darkened gold��
Burning wastelands�察�glancing upward with a weird and vacant stare��
Where the languid heavens quiver o'er red depths of stirless air��
``Oh�察�my brother�察�I am weary of this wildering waste of sand��
In the noontide we can never travel to the promised land��
Lo� �the desert broadens round us�察�glaring wildly in my face��
With long leagues of sunflame on it�察 � oh� �the barren�察�barren place��
See�察�behind us gleams a green plot�察�shall we thither turn and rest
Till a cold wind flutters over�察�till the day is down the west��
I would follow�察�but I cannot� �Brother�察�let me here remain��
For the heart is dead within me�察�and I may not rise again。''
``Wherefore stay to talk of fainting�拭 � rouse thee for awhile�察�my friend��
Evening hurries on our footsteps�察�and this journey soon will end。
Wherefore stay to talk of fainting�察�when the sun�察�with sinking fire��
Smites the blocks of broken thunder�察�blackening yonder craggy spire��
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Even now the far´off landscape broods and fills with coming change��
And a withered moon grows brighter bending o'er that shadowed range��
At the feet of grassy summits sleeps a water calm and clear ´
There is surely rest beyond it� �Comrade�察�wherefore tarry here��
``Yet a little longer struggle�察�we have walked a wilder plain��
And have met more troubles�察�trust me�察�than we e'er shall meet again��
Can you think of all the dangers you and I are living through
With a soul so weak and fearful�察�with the doubts I never knew��
Dost thou not remember that the thorns are clustered with the rose��
And that every Zin´like border may a pleasant land enclose��
Oh�察�across these sultry deserts many a fruitful scene we'll find��
And the blooms we gather shall be worth the wounds they leave behind��''
``Ah�察�my brother�察�it is useless� �See�察�o'erburdened with their load��
All the friends who went before us fall or falter by the road��
We have come a weary distance�察�seeking what we may not get��
And I think we are but children�察�chasing rainbows through the wet。
Tell me not of vernal valleys� �Is it well to hold a reed
Out for drowning men to clutch at in the moments of their need��
Go thy journey on without me�察�it is better I should stay��
Since my life is like an evening�察�fading�察�swooning fast away��
``Where are all the springs you talked of�拭�Have I not with pleading mouth
Looked to Heaven through a silence stifled in the crimson drouth��
Have I not�察�with lips unsated�察�watched to see the fountains burst��
Where I searched the rocks for cisterns�拭�And they only mocked my thirst��
Oh�察�I dreamt of countries fertile�察�bright with lakes and flashing rills
Leaping from their shady caverns�察�streaming round a thousand hills��
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Leave me�察�brother�察�all is fruitless�察�barren�察�measureless�察�and dry��
And my God will never help me though I pray�察�and faint�察�and die��''
``Up� �I tell thee this is idle� �Oh�察�thou man of little faith��
Doubting on the verge of Aidenn�察�turning now to covet death��
By the fervent hopes within me�察�by the strength which nerves my soul��
By the heart that yearns to help thee�察�we shall live and reach the goal��
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