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     Barren Age and withered World��
     Oh�察�the dying leaves��
     Like a drizzling rain��
     Falling round the roof ´
     Pattering on the pane��
     Frosty Age and cold�察�cold World��
     Ghosts of other days��
     Trooping past the faded fire��
     Flit before the gaze。
     Now the wind goes soughing wild
     O'er the whistling Earth��
     And we front a feeble flame��
     Sitting round the hearth��
     Sitting by the fire��
     Watching�察�in its glow��
     Ghosts of other days
     Trooping to and fro��


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BELLAMBI'S MAID


     AMONGST the thunder´splintered caves
         On Ocean's long and windy shore��
     I catch the voice of dying waves
         Below the ridges old and hoar��
     The spray descends in silver showers��
         And lovely whispers come and go��
     Like echoes from the happy hours
         I never more may hope to know��
     The low mimosa droops with locks
         Of yellow hair�察�in dewy glade��
     While far above the caverned rocks
         I hear the dark Bellambi's Maid��


     The moonlight dreams upon the sail
         That drives the restless ship to sea��
     The clouds troop past the mountain vale��
         And sink like spirits down the lee��
     The foggy peak of Corrimal��
         Uplifted�察�bears the pallid glow
     That streams from yonder airy hall
         And robes the sleeping hills below��
     The wandering meteors of the sky
         Beneath the distant waters wade��
     While mystic music hurries by ´
         The songs of dark Bellambi's Maid��


     Why comes your voice�察�you lonely One��
         Along the wild harp's wailing strings��
     Have not our hours of meeting gone��
         Like fading dreams on phantom wings��
     Are not the grasses round your grave
         Yet springing green and fresh to view��
     And does the gleam on Ocean's wave
         Tide gladness now to me and you��
     Oh� �cold and cheerless falls the night
         On withered hearts and hopes decayed��
     And I have seen but little light
         Since died the dark Bellambi's Maid��


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THE CURLEW SONG


     The viewless blast flies moaning past��
         Away to the forest trees��
     Where giant pines and leafless vines
         Bend 'neath the wandering breeze��
     From ferny streams�察�unearthly screams
         Are heard in the midnight blue��
     As afar they roam to the shepherd's home��
         The shrieks of the wild Curlew��
                 As afar they roam
                 To the shepherd's home��
         The shrieks of the wild Curlew��


     The mists are curled o'er a dark´faced world��
         And the shadows sleep around��
     Where the clear lagoon reflects the moon
         In her hazy glory crowned��
     While dingoes howl�察�and wake the growl
         Of the watchdog brave and true��
     Whose loud�察�rough bark shoots up in the dark��
         With the song of the lone Curlew��
                 Whose loud�察�rough bark
                 Shoots up in the dark��
         With the song of the lone Curlew��


     Near herby banks the dark green ranks
         Of the rushes stoop to drink��
     And the ripples chime�察�in a measured time��
         On the smooth and mossy brink��
     As wind´breaths sigh�察�and pass�察�and die��
         To start from the swamps anew��
     And join again o'er ridge and plain
         With the wails of the sad Curlew��
                 And join again
                 O'er ridge and plain
         With the wails of the sad Curlew��


     The clouds are thrown around the cone
         Of the mountain bare and high��
     ��Whose craggy peak uprears to the cheek ´
         To the face of the sombre sky��

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     When down beneath the foggy wreath��
         Full many a gully through��
     They rend the air�察�like cries of despair��
         The screams of the wild Curlew��
                 They rend the air��
                 Like cries of despair��
         The screams of the wild Curlew��


     The viewless blast flies moaning past��
         Away to the forest trees��
     Where giant pines and leafless vines
         Bend 'neath the wandering breeze��
     From ferny streams�察�unearthly screams
         Are heard in the midnight blue��
     As afar they roam to the shepherd's home��
         The shrieks of the wild Curlew��
                 As afar they roam
                 To the shepherd's home��
         The shrieks of the wild Curlew��

THE BALLAD OF TANNA


     She knelt by the dead�察�in her passionate grief��
         Beneath a weird forest of Tanna��
     She kissed the stern brow of her father and chief��
         And cursed the dark race of Alkanna。
     With faces as wild as the clouds in the rain��
     The sons of Kerrara came down to the plain��
     And spoke to the mourner and buried the slain。
                          Oh�察�the glory that died with Deloya��


     ``Wahina��'' they whispered�察 �`Alkanna lies low��
         And the ghost of thy sire hath been gladdened��
     For the men of his people have fought with the foe
         Till the rivers of Warra are reddened��''
     She lifted her eyes to the glimmering hill��
     Then spoke�察�with a voice like a musical rill��
     ``The time is too short�察�can I sojourn here still��''
                          Oh�察�the Youth that was sad for Deloya��


     ``Wahina�察�why linger��'' Annatanam said��
         ``When the tent of a chieftain is lonely��

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     There are others who grieve for the light that has fled��
         And one who waits here for you only��''
     ``Go ´ leave me��'' she cried。 ``I would fain be alone��
     I must stay where the trees and the wild waters moan��
     For my heart is as cold as a wave´beaten stone。''
                          Oh�察�the Beauty that was broke for Deloya��


     ``Wahina�察�why weep o'er a handful of dust��
         When the souls of the brave are approaching��
     Oh�察�look to the fires that are lit for the just��
         And the mighty who sleep in Arrochin��''
     But she turned from the glare of the flame´smitten sea��
     And a cry�察�like a whirlwind�察�came over the lea ´
     ``Away to the mountains and leave her with me��''
                          Oh�察�the heart that was broke for Deloya��

THE RAIN COMES SOBBING TO THE DOOR


     THE night grows dark�察�and weird�察�and cold�察�and thick drops patter on the pane��
     There comes a wailing from the sea�察�the wind is weary of the rain。
     The red coals click beneath the flame�察�and see�察�with slow and silent feet
     The hooded shadows cross the woods to where the twilight waters beat��
     Now�察�fan´wise from the ruddy fire�察�a brilliance sweeps athwart the floor��
     As�察�streaming down the lattices�察�the rain comes sobbing to the door��
                 As�察�streaming down the lattices��
                 The rain comes sobbing to the door。


     Dull echoes round the casement fall�察�and through the empty chambers go��
     Like forms unseen whom we can hear on tip´toe stealing to and fro。
     But fill your glasses to the brims�察�and�察�through a mist of smiles and tears��
     Our eyes shall tell how much we love to toast the shades of other years��

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     And hither they will flock again�察�the ghosts of things that are no more��
     While�察�streaming down the lattices�察�the rain comes sobbing to the door��
                 While�察�streaming down the lattices��
                 The rain comes sobbing to the door。


     The tempest´trodden wastelands moan ´ the trees are threshing at the blast��
     And now they come�察�the pallid shapes of Dreams that perished in the past��
     And�察�when we lift the windows up�察�a smothered whisper round us strays��
     Like some lone wandering voice from graves
             that hold the wrecks of bygone days。
     I tell ye that I love the storm�察�for think we not of thoughts of yore��
     When�察�streaming down the lattices�察�the rain comes sobbing to the door��
                 When�察�streaming down the lattices��
                 The rain comes sobbing to the door��


     We'll drink to those we sadly miss�察�and sing some mournful song we know��
     Since they may chance to hear it all�察�and muse on friends they've left below。
     Who knows ´ if souls in bliss can leave the borders of their Eden´home ´
     But that some loving one may now about the ancient threshold roam��
     Oh�察�like an exile�察�he would hail a glimpse of the familiar floor��
     Though�察�streaming down the lattices�察�the rain comes sobbing to the door��
                 Though�察�streaming down the lattices��
                 The rain comes sobbing to the door��


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URARA


     Note��Another spelling of Orara�察�a tributary of the river Clarence。



     EUROKA�察�go over the tops of the hill��
         For the Death´clouds have passed us to´day��
     And we'll cry in the dark for the foot´falls still��
         And the tracks which are fading a
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