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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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