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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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