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〃If thou art he I think thou art;

 Then slay me now; O Death!〃



The veil was from my eyesight drawn 

 〃Thou knowest now;〃 said he:

〃I am the Angel of the Dawn!

 Ride back; and wait for me。〃



So I rode back at morning light;

 And there; beside my bed;

Fear had become a lily white

 And Pain a rose of red。









Alice Werner。







  Bannerman of the Dandenong





I rode through the Bush in the burning noon;

 Over the hills to my bride; 

The track was rough and the way was long;

And Bannerman of the Dandenong;

 He rode along by my side。



A day's march off my Beautiful dwelt;

 By the Murray streams in the West; 

Lightly lilting a gay love…song

Rode Bannerman of the Dandenong;

 With a blood…red rose on his breast。



〃Red; red rose of the Western streams〃

 Was the song he sang that day 

Truest comrade in hour of need; 

Bay Mathinna his peerless steed 

 I had my own good grey。



There fell a spark on the upland grass 

 The dry Bush leapt into flame; 

And I felt my heart go cold as death;

And Bannerman smiled and caught his breath; 

 But I heard him name Her name。



Down the hill…side the fire…floods rushed;

 On the roaring eastern wind; 

Neck and neck was the reckless race; 

Ever the bay mare kept her pace;

 But the grey horse dropped behind。



He turned in the saddle  〃Let's change; I say!〃

 And his bridle rein he drew。

He sprang to the ground;  〃Look sharp!〃 he said

With a backward toss of his curly head 

 〃I ride lighter than you!〃



Down and up  it was quickly done 

 No words to waste that day! 

Swift as a swallow she sped along;

The good bay mare from Dandenong; 

 And Bannerman rode the grey。



The hot air scorched like a furnace blast

 From the very mouth of Hell: 

The blue gums caught and blazed on high

Like flaming pillars into the sky; 。 。 。

 The grey horse staggered and fell。



〃Ride; ride; lad;  ride for her sake!〃 he cried; 

 Into the gulf of flame

Were swept; in less than a breathing space

The laughing eyes; and the comely face;

 And the lips that named HER name。



She bore me bravely; the good bay mare; 

 Stunned; and dizzy and blind;

I heard the sound of a mingling roar 

'Twas the Lachlan River that rushed before;

 And the flames that rolled behind。



Safe  safe; at Nammoora gate;

 I fell; and lay like a stone。

O love! thine arms were about me then;

Thy warm tears called me to life again; 

 But  O God! that I came alone! 



We dwell in peace; my beautiful one

 And I; by the streams in the West; 

But oft through the mist of my dreams along

Rides Bannerman of the Dandenong;

 With the blood…red rose on his breast。









Ethel Castilla。







  An Australian Girl



      〃She's pretty to walk with;

      And witty to talk with;

      And pleasant; too; to think on。〃

                          Sir John Suckling。





She has a beauty of her own;

A beauty of a paler tone

    Than English belles;

Yet southern sun and southern air

Have kissed her cheeks; until they wear

The dainty tints that oft appear

    On rosy shells。



Her frank; clear eyes bespeak a mind

Old…world traditions fail to bind。

    She is not shy

Or bold; but simply self…possessed;

Her independence adds a zest

Unto her speech; her piquant jest;

    Her quaint reply。



O'er classic volumes she will pore

With joy; and true scholastic lore

    Will often gain。

In sports she bears away the bell;

Nor; under music's siren spell;

To dance divinely; flirt as well;

    Does she disdain。







  A Song of Sydney



      (1894)





High headlands all jealously hide thee;

 O fairest of sea…girdled towns!

Thine Ocean…spouse smileth beside thee;

 While each headland threatens and frowns。

Like Venice; upheld on sea…pinion;

 And fated to reign o'er the free;

Thou wearest; in sign of dominion;

    The zone of the sea。



No winter thy fertile slope hardens;

 O new Florence; set in the South!

All lands give their flowers to thy gardens;

 That glow to thy bright harbour's mouth;

The waratah and England's red roses

 With stately magnolias entwine;

Gay sunflowers fill sea…scented closes;

    All sweet with woodbine。



Thy harbour's fair flower…crowned islands

 See flags of all countries unfurled;

Thou smilest from green; sunlit highlands

 To open thine arms to the world!

Dark East's and fair West's emulations

 Resound from each hill…shadowed quay;

And over the songs of all nations;

    The voice of the sea。









Francis William Lauderdale Adams。







  Something





It is something in this darker dream demented

 to have wrestled with its pleasure and its pain:

it is something to have sinned; and have repented:

 it is something to have failed; and tried again!



It is something to have loved the brightest Beauty

 with no hope of aught but silence for your vow:

it is something to have tried to do your duty:

 it is something to be trying; trying now!



And; in the silent solemn hours;

 when your soul floats down the far faint flood of time 

to think of Earth's lovers who are ours;

 of her saviours saving; suffering; sublime:



And that you with THESE may be her lover;

 with THESE may save and suffer for her sake 

IT IS JOY TO HAVE LIVED; SO TO DISCOVER

 YOU'VE A LIFE YOU CAN GIVE AND SHE CAN TAKE!







  Gordon's Grave





All the heat and the glow and the hush

 of the summer afternoon;

the scent of the sweet…briar bush

 over bowing grass…blades and broom;



the birds that flit and pass;

 singing the song he knows;

the grass…hopper in the grass;

 the voice of the she…oak boughs。



Ah; and the shattered column

 crowned with the poet's wreath。

Who; who keeps silent and solemn

 his passing place beneath?



~This was a poet that loved God's breath;

 his life was a passionate quest;

he looked down deep in the wells of death;

 and now he is taking his rest。~







  To A。 L。 Gordon





In night…long days; in aeons

 where all Time's nights are one;

where life and death sing paeans

as of Greeks and Galileans;

 never begun or done;



where fate; the slow swooping condor;

 comes glooming all the sky 

as you have pondered I ponder;

as you have wandered I wander;

 as you have died; shall I die?







  Love and Death





Death? is it death you give?  So be it!  O Death;

 thou hast been long my friend; and now thy pale

cool cheek shall have my kiss; while the faint breath

expires on thy still lips; O lovely Death!



Come then; loose hands; fair Life; without a wail!

 We've had good hours together; and you were sweet

what time love whispered with the nightingale;

tho' ever your music by the lark's would fail。



Come then; loose hands!  Our lover time is done。

Now is the marriage with the eternal sun。

 The hours are few that rest; are few and fleet。

Good…bye!  The game is lost:  the game is won。









Thomas William Heney。







  Absence





Ah; happy air that; rough or soft;

 May kiss that face and stay;

And happy beams that from above

 May choose to her their way;

And happy flowers that now and then

 Touch lips more sweet than they!



But it were not so blest to be

 Or light or air or rose;

Those dainty fingers tear and toss

 The bloom that in them glows;

And come or go; both wind and ray

 She heeds not; if she knows。



But if I come thy choice should be

 Either to love or not 

For if I might I would not kiss

 And then be all forgot;

And it were best thy love to lose

 If love self…scorn begot。







  A Riverina Road





Now while so many turn with love and longing

 To wan lands lying in the grey North Sea;

To thee we turn; hearts; mem'ries; all belonging;

 Dear land of ours; to thee。



West; ev

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