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      Here too hath taken root

      A tree with golden fruit;

   In purple clusters hangs the vine's increase;

      And all the earth doth wear

      The dry clear Attic air

That lifts the soul to liberty; and frees the heart from care。



      Or if thy wilder mood

      Incline to solitude;

   Eternal verdure girds the lonely hills;

      Through the green gloom of ferns

      Softly the sunset burns;

   Cold from the granite flow the mountain rills;

      And there are inner shrines

      Made by the slumberous pines;

   Where the rapt heart with contemplation fills;

      And from wave…stricken shores

      Deep wistful music pours

And floods the tempest…shaken forest corridors。



      Oh; give the gift of gold

      The human heart to hold

   With liquid glamour of the Lesbian line;

      With Pindar's lava glow;

      With Sophocles' calm flow;

   Or Aeschylean rapture airy fine;

      Or with thy music's close

      Thy last autumnal rose

   Theocritus of Sicily; divine;

      O Pythian Archer strong;

      Time cannot do thee wrong;

With thee they live for ever; thy nightingales of song。



      We too are island…born;

      Oh; leave us not in scorn 

   A songless people never yet was great。

      We; suppliants at thy feet;

      Await thy muses sweet

   Amid the laurels at thy temple gate;

      Crownless and voiceless yet;

      But on our brows is set

   The dim unwritten prophecy of fate;

      To mould from out of mud

      An empire with our blood;

To wage eternal warfare with the fire and flood。



      Lord of the minstrel choir;

      Oh; grant our hearts' desire;

   To sing of truth invincible in might;

      Of love surpassing death

      That fears no fiery breath;

   Of ancient inborn reverence for right;

      Of that sea…woven spell

      That from Trafalgar fell

   And keeps the star of duty in our sight:

      Oh; give the sacred fire;

      And our weak lips inspire

With laurels of thy song and lightnings of thy lyre。









    









Notes on the Poems







Wentworth; 〃Australasia〃:  ‘Warragamba'  a tributary of the Nepean;

  the upper part of the Hawkesbury River; New South Wales。



Rowe; 〃Soul Ferry〃:  〃Founded on a note by Tzetzes upon Lycophron;

  quoted in Keightley's ‘Mythology of Greece and Rome'。〃   Author's Note。



Parkes; 〃The Buried Chief〃:  Sir James Martin; born 1820;

  Premier and subsequently Chief Justice of New South Wales;

  died 4th November; 1886。



Gordon; 〃A Dedication〃:  The first six stanzas of The Dedication of

  〃Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes〃 to the author of 〃Holmby House〃

  (Whyte Melville)。



Gordon; 〃Thora's Song〃:  First printed in ‘The Australasian'

  under the title of 〃Frustra〃。



Gordon; 〃The Sick Stock…rider〃:  First appeared in ‘The Colonial Monthly'

  without the final stanza here printed; which was preserved

  by Mr。 J。 J。 Shillinglaw。



Kendall; 〃Prefatory Sonnets〃:  The phrase  〃tormented and awry

  with passion〃  also appears in Walter Pater's essay on 〃Aesthetic Poetry〃;

  which; according to Mr。 Ferris Greenslet's monograph on Pater;

  was written in 1868; but first published in ‘Appreciations'; 1889。

  〃Leaves from Australian Forests〃; in which these sonnets were first printed;

  was published in Melbourne in 1869。



Kendall; 〃To a Mountain〃:  Dedicatory verses of 〃Songs from the Mountains〃。



Kendall; 〃Araluen〃:  The author's daughter; named after a town

  in the Shoalhaven District; New South Wales。



Kendall; 〃Hy…Brasil〃:  Hy…Brasil; or Tir…Nan…Oge; is the fabled

  Island of the Blessed; the paradise of ancient Ireland。



Kendall; 〃Outre Mer〃:  From a poem left unfinished at the author's death。

  First printed in 〃Poems〃 (1886)。



Clarke; 〃The Song of Tigilau〃:  〃Tigilau; the son of Tui Viti〃;

  an attempt to paraphrase a legend of Samoa; is remarkable

  as evidence of direct intercourse between Samoa and Fiji;

  and as showing by the use of the term 〃Tui Viti〃 that a king once reigned

  over ALL Fiji。  The singularly poetic and rhythmical original

  will be found in a paper contributed by Mr。 Pritchard; F。A。S。I。; etc。;

  to the Anthropological Society of London。〃   Author's Note。



Moloney; 〃Melbourne〃:  First printed in ‘The Australasian'

  over the signature 〃Australis〃。



Domett; 〃An Invitation〃:  First printed in 〃Flotsam and Jetsam〃:  reprinted;

  with alterations; as Proem to 〃Ranolf and Amohia〃; Second Edition; 1883。



Domett; 〃A Maori Girl's Song〃:  〃A very free paraphrase of a song

  in Sir George Grey's collection。  ‘Ropa' is a declaration of love

  by pinching the fingers。〃   Author's Note。



Stephens; 〃Day〃 & 〃Night〃:  Stanzas from 〃Convict Once〃

  'pp。 336…7; 297…9 respectively of 〃Poetical Works〃 (1902)'。



Foott; 〃Where the Pelican Builds〃:  〃The unexplored parts of Australia

  are sometimes spoken of by the bushmen of Western Queensland

  as the home of the Pelican; a bird whose nesting…place;

  so far as the writer knows; is seldom; if ever; found。〃   Author's Note。



Foott; 〃New Country〃:  ‘Gidya'  a Queensland and N。S。W。 aboriginal word

  for a tree of the acacia species (A。 homalophylla)。



  ‘Clay…Pan'  a shallow depression of the ground on Australian plains;

  whose thin clayey surface retains water for a considerable time。



Wilson; 〃Fairyland〃:  ‘Parson Bird'   The Tui; or New Zealand mocking bird。

  The male has tufts of curled white feathers under the neck;

  like a clergyman's bands。



Farrell; 〃Australia to England〃:  First printed; under the title of

  〃Ave Imperatrix〃; in ‘The Daily Telegraph' (Sydney); on June 22; 1897;

  the day of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee。



F。 Adams; 〃Gordon's Grave〃:  Adam Lindsay Gordon is buried

  in Brighton (Victoria) Cemetery。  Above the grave is erected

  a shattered column crowned with a laurel wreath。



Evans; 〃A Pastoral〃:  ‘Apple…tree'  an indigenous Australian tree;

  so called from a supposed resemblance to the English apple…tree;

  but bearing no edible fruit。



O'Hara; 〃Flinders〃:  ‘Flinders'  Matthew Flinders first came to Australia

  with Bass and Hunter in 1795; and made several heroic voyages

  around Australian coasts。



Jephcott; 〃A Ballad of the last King of Thule〃:  ‘Mannan'  the ancient

  bardic name of the Isle of Man。



  ‘Eire'  the ancient name of Ireland。



  ‘The Isle of Apple…trees'  〃Emhain Ablach〃; the Isle of Arran。

  This was the land of faery to the Northern and Western Gaels。



Mackay; 〃The Burial of Sir John Mackenzie〃:  ‘Sir John Mackenzie' 

  Born 1838; for many years Minister for Lands in New Zealand。  Died 1891。



  Holy Hill  Puketapu; a hill sacred to the Maoris on the Otago coast。



Lawson; 〃Andy's gone with Cattle〃:  ‘Riders'  timber used to hold down

  the bark roofs of primitive bush houses。



Lawson; 〃Out Back〃:  ‘Mulga'  an aboriginal name given to various trees

  of the acacia family (A。 aneura)。



Lawson; 〃The Star of Australasia〃:  ‘Jackeroo'  a 〃new chum〃;

  or person recently arrived in Australia; who goes to work on a station

  to gain experience。



  ‘Push'  a gang of larrikins; or city roughs。



Lawson; 〃Middleton's Rouseabout〃:  ‘Rouseabout'  a man who does

  general work on a station。



Lawson; 〃The Vagabond〃:  ‘Flax'  a native New Zealand plant

  yielding a strong fibre (Phormium tenax; N。 O。 Liliaceae)。



  ‘Tussock'  a native grass; common in New Zealand (Lomandra longifolia)。



R。 Quinn; 〃The Lotus…Flower〃:  ‘Harbour'  Sydney Harbour。



Wright; 〃An Old Colonist's Reverie〃:  ‘Whare'  Maori name

  for a hut or house。



  ‘Kowhai'  the Locust tree (yellow Kowhai); and the Parrot…bill

  (scarlet Kowhai)  N。Z。 flowering trees。



  ‘Rata'  a remarkable New Zealand tree with crimson flowers

  (Metrosideros robusta); which often starts from a seed

  dropped in the fork of a tree; 

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