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     And we'll cry in the dark for the foot´falls still��
         And the tracks which are fading away��
     Let them yell to their lubras�察�the Bulginbah dogs��
         And say how our brothers were slain��
     We shall wipe out our grief in the blood of their chief��
         And twenty more dead on the plain ´
         On the blood´spattered spurs of the plain��
                          But the low winds sigh��
                          And the dead leaves fly��
                          Where our warriors lie��
         In the dingoes' den ´ in the white´cedar glen
         On the banks of the gloomy Urara��
                          Urara� �Urara��
         On the banks of the gloomy Urara��


     The Wallaroos grope through the tufts of the grass��
         And crawl to their coverts for fear��
     But we'll sit in the ashes and let them pass
         Where the boomerangs sleep with the spear��
     Oh� �our hearts will be lonely and low to´night
         When we think of the hunts of yore��
     And the foes that we sought�察�and the fights which we fought��
         With those who will battle no more ´
         Who will go to the battle no more��
                          For the dull winds sigh��
                          And the dead leaves fly��
                          Where our warriors lie��
         In the dingoes' den ´ in the white´cedar glen
         On the banks of the gloomy Urara��
                          Urara� �Urara��
         On the banks of the gloomy Urara��


     Oh� �the gorges and gullies are black with crows��
         And they feast on the flesh of the brave��
     But the forest is loud with the howls of our foes
         For those whom they never can save��

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     Let us crouch with our faces down to our knees��
         And hide in the dark of our hair��
     For we will not return where the camp´fires burn��
         And see what is smouldering there ´
         What is smouldering�察�mouldering there��
                          Where the sad winds sigh ´
                          The dead leaves fly��
                          And our warriors lie��
         In the dingoes' den ´ in the white´cedar glen
         On the banks of the gloomy Urara��
                          Urara� �Urara��
         On the banks of the gloomy Urara��

EVENING HYMN


     THE crag´pent breezes sob and moan where hidden waters glide��
     And twilight wanders round the earth with slow and shadowy stride。
     The gleaming clouds�察�above the brows of western steeps uphurled��
     Look like the spires of some fair town that bounds a brighter world。
     Lo�察�from the depths of yonder wood�察�where many a blind creek strays��
     The pure Australian moon comes forth�察�enwreathed with silver haze。
     The rainy mists are trooping down the folding hills behind��
     And distant torrent´voices rise like bells upon the wind。
     The echeu's* songs are dying�察�with the flute´bird's mellow tone��
     And night recalls the gloomy owl to rove the wilds alone��
     Night�察�holy night�察�in robes of blue�察�with golden stars encrowned��
     Ascending mountains like to walls that hem an Eden round。


     Note��* The rufous´breasted thickhead。



     Oh�察�lovely moon� �oh�察�holy night� �how good your God must be��
     When�察�through the glories of your light�察�He stoops to look at me��
     Oh�察�glittering clouds and silvery shapes�察�that vanish one by one��
     Is not the kindness of our Lord too great to think upon��

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     If human song could flow as free as His created breeze��
     When�察�sloping from some hoary height�察�it sweeps the vacant seas��
     Then should my voice to heaven ascend�察�my tuneful lyre be strung��
     And music sweeter than the winds should roam these glens among。
     Go by�察�ye golden´footed hours�察�to your mysterious bourne��
     And hide the sins ye bear from hence�察�so that they ne'er return。
     Teach me�察�ye beauteous stars�察�to kiss kind Mercy's chastening rod��
     And�察�looking up from Nature's face�察�to worship Nature's God。

STANZAS


     THE sunsets fall and the sunsets fade��
         But still I walk this shadowy land��
     And grapple the dark and only the dark
         In my search for a loving hand。


     For it's here a still�察�deep woodland lies��
         With spurs of pine and sheaves of fern��
     But I wander wild�察�and wail like a child
         For a face that will never return��


     And it's here a mighty water flows��
         With drifts of wind and wimpled waves��
     But the darling head of a dear one dead
         Is hidden beneath its caves。

THE WAIL IN THE NATIVE OAK


     WHERE the lone creek�察�chafing nightly in the cold and sad moonshine��
     Beats beneath the twisted fern´roots and the drenched and dripping vine��
     Where the gum trees�察�ringed and ragged�察�from the mazy margins rise��
     Staring out against the heavens with their languid gaping eyes��
     There I listened ´ there I heard it� �Oh�察�that melancholy sound��
     Wandering like a ghostly whisper�察�through the dreaming darkness round��

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     Wandering�察�like a fearful warning�察�where the withered twilight broke
     Through a mass of mournful tresses�察�drooping down the Native Oak。


     And I caught a glimpse of sunset fading from a far´off wild��
     As I sat me down to fancy�察�like a thoughtful�察�wistful child ´
     Sat me down to fancy what might mean those hollow�察�hopeless tones��
     Sooming round the swooning silence�察�dying out in smothered moans��
     What might mean that muffled sobbing�拭�Did a lonely phantom wail��
     Pent amongst those tangled branches barring out the moonlight pale��
     Wept it for that gleam of glory wasting from the forest aisles��
     For that fainting gleam of glory sad with flickering�察�sickly smiles��


     In these woodlands I was restless� �I had seen a light depart��
     And an ache for something vanished filled and chilled my longing heart��
     And I linked my thoughts together ´ ``All seemed still and dull to´day��
     But a painful symbol groweth from the shine that pales away��
     This may not be idle dreaming�察�if the spirit roams��'' I said��
     ``This is surely one�察�a wanderer from the ages which have fled��
     Who can look beyond the darkness�察�who can see so he may tell
     Where the sunsets all have gone to�察�where the souls that leave us dwell��


     ``This might be a loving exile�察�full with faded thoughts returned��
     Seeking for familiar faces�察�friends for whom he long had yearned。
     Here his fathers must have sojourned ´ here his people may have died��
     Or�察�perchance�察�to distant forests all were scattered far and wide。
     So he moans and so he lingers� �weeping o'er the wasted wild��
     Weeping o'er the desolation�察�like a lost�察�benighted child��
     So he moans�察�and so he lingers� �Hence these fitful�察�fretful sighs��
     Deep within the oak tree solemn� �Hence these weary�察�weary cries��


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     ``Or who knows but that some secret lies beneath yon dismal mound��
     Ha� �a dreary�察�dreadful secret must be buried underground��
     Not a ragged blade of verdure ´ not one root of moss is there��
     Who hath torn the grasses from it ´ wherefore is that barrow bare��
     Darkness shuts the forest round me。 Here I stand and�察�O my God��
     This may be some injured spirit raving round and round the sod。
     Hush� �the tempest�察�how it travels� �Blood hath here been surely shed ´
     Hush� �the thunder�察�how it mutters� �Oh�察�the unrequited Dead��''


     Came a footfall past the water ´ came a wild man through the gloom��
     Down he stooped and faced the current�察�silent as the silent tomb��
     Down he stooped and lapped the ripples�此�not a single word he spoke��
     But I whispered�察 �`He can tell me of the Secret in the Oak��
     Very thoughtful seems that forehead�察�many legends he may know��
     Many tales and old traditions linked to what is here below��
     I must ask him ´ rest I cannot ´ though my life upon it hung ´
     Though these wails are waxing louder�察�I must give my thoughts a tongue。


     ``Shake that silence from you�察�wild man� �I have looked into your face��
     Hoping I should learn the story there about this fearful place。
     Slake your thirst�察�but stay and tell me�此�did your heart with terror beat��
     When you stepped across the bare and blasted hillock at your feet��
     Hearken to these croons so wretched deep within the dusk boughs pent��
     Hold you not some strange tradition coupled with this strange lament��
     When your tribe about their camp´fires hear that hollow�察�broken cry��
     Do they hint of deeds mysterious�察�hidden in the days gone by��''


     But he rose like one bewildered�察�shook his head and glided past��
     Huddling whispers hurried after�察�hissing in the howling blast��

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     Now a sheet of lurid splendour swept athwart the mountain spire��
     And a midnight squall came trumping down on zigzag paths of fire��
     Through the tumult dashed a torrent flanking out in foaming streams��
     Whilst the woodlands groaned and muttered like a monster vexed with dreams。
     Then I swooned away in horror。 Oh� �that shriek which rent the air��
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