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The floods rush high in the gully under;

 And the lightnings lash at the shrinking trees;

Or the cattle down from the ranges blunder

 As the fires drive by on the summer breeze。

Still the feeble horse at the right hour wanders

 To the lonely ring; though the whistle's dumb;

And with hanging head by the bow he ponders

 Where the whim boy's gone  why the shifts don't come。



But there comes a night when he sees lights glowing

 In the roofless huts and the ravaged mill;

When he hears again all the stampers going 

 Though the huts are dark and the stampers still:

When he sees the steam to the black roof clinging

 As its shadows roll on the silver sands;

And he knows the voice of his driver singing;

 And the knocker's clang where the braceman stands。



See the old horse take; like a creature dreaming;

 On the ring once more his accustomed place;

But the moonbeams full on the ruins streaming

 Show the scattered timbers and grass…grown brace。

Yet HE hears the sled in the smithy falling;

 And the empty truck as it rattles back;

And the boy who stands by the anvil; calling;

 And he turns and backs; and he 〃takes up slack〃。



While the old drum creaks; and the shadows shiver

 As the wind sweeps by; and the hut doors close;

And the bats dip down in the shaft or quiver

 In the ghostly light; round the grey horse goes;

And he feels the strain on his untouched shoulder;

 Hears again the voice that was dear to him;

Sees the form he knew  and his heart grows bolder

 As he works his shift by the broken whim。



He hears in the sluices the water rushing

 As the buckets drain and the doors fall back;

When the early dawn in the east is blushing;

 He is limping still round the old; old track。

Now he pricks his ears; with a neigh replying

 To a call unspoken; with eyes aglow;

And he sways and sinks in the circle; dying;

 From the ring no more will the grey horse go。



In a gully green; where a dam lies gleaming;

 And the bush creeps back on a worked…out claim;

And the sleepy crows in the sun sit dreaming

 On the timbers grey and a charred hut frame;

Where the legs slant down; and the hare is squatting

 In the high rank grass by the dried…up course;

Nigh a shattered drum and a king…post rotting

 Are the bleaching bones of the old grey horse。









Dowell O'Reilly。







  The Sea…Maiden





Like summer waves on sands of snow;

Soft ringlets clasp her neck and brow;

And wandering breezes kiss away

A threaded light of glimmering spray;

That drifts and floats and softly flies

In a golden mist about her eyes。

Her laugh is fresh as foam that springs

Through tumbling shells and shining things;

And where the gleaming margin dries

Is heard the music of her sighs。

Her gentle bosom ebbs and swells

With the tide of life that deeply wells

From a throbbing heart that loves to break

In the tempest of love for love's sweet sake。

O; the fragrance of earth; and the song of the sea;

And the light of the heavens; are only three

Of the thousand glories that Love can trace;

In her life; and her soul; and her beautiful face。



     。    。    。    。    。



This tangled weed of poesy;

Torn from the heart of a stormy sea;

I fling upon the love divine

Of her; who fills this heart of mine。









David MacDonald Ross。







  Love's Treasure House





I went to Love's old treasure house last night;

Alone; when all the world was still  asleep;

And saw the miser Memory; grown gray

With years of jealous counting of his gems;

There seated。  Keen was his eye; his hand

Firm as when first his hoarding he began

Of precious things of Love; long years ago。

〃And this;〃 he said; 〃is gold from out her hair;

And this the moonlight that she wandered in;

With here a rose; enamelled by her breath;

That bloomed in glory 'tween her breasts; and here

The brimming sun…cup that she quaffed at noon;

And here the star that cheered her in the night;

In this great chest; see curiously wrought;

Are purest of Love's gems。〃  A ruby key;

Enclasped upon a golden ring; he took;

With care; from out some secret hiding…place;

And delicately touched the lock; whereat

I staggered; blinded by the light of things

More luminous than stars; and questioned thus 

〃What are these treasures; miser Memory?〃

And slowly bending his gray head; he spoke:

〃These are the multitudes of kisses sweet

Love gave so gladly; and I treasure here。〃







  The Sea to the Shell





The sea; my mother; is singing to me;

 She is singing the old refrain;

Of passion; of love; and of mystery;

 And her world…old song of pain;

Of the mirk midnight and the dazzling day;

That trail their robes o'er the wet sea…way。



The sea; my mother; is singing to me

 With the white foam caught in her hair;

With the seaweed swinging its long arms free;

 To grapple the blown sea air:

The sea; my mother; with billowy swell;

Is telling her tale to the wave…washed shell。



The sea; my mother; is singing to me;

 With the starry gleam in her wave;

A dirge of the dead; of the sad; sad sea;

 A requiem song of the brave;

Tenderly; sadly; the surges tell

Their tale of death to the wave…washed shell。



The sea; my mother; confides to me;

 As she turns to the soft; round moon;

The secrets that lie where the spirits be;

 That hide from the garish noon:

The sea; my mother; who loves me well;

Is telling their woe to the wave…washed shell。



O mother o' mine; with the foam…flecked hair;

 O mother; I love and know

The heart that is sad and the soul that is bare

 To your daughter of ebb and flow;

And I hold your whispers of Heaven and Hell

In the loving heart of a wave…washed shell。







  The Silent Tide





I heard Old Ocean raise her voice and cry;

 In that still hour between the night and day;

 I saw the answering tides; green robed and gray;

Turn to her with a low contented sigh;

Marching with silent feet they passed me by;

 For the white moon had taught them to obey;

 And scarce a wavelet broke in fretful spray;

As they went forth to kiss the stooping sky。



So; to my heart; when the last sunray sleeps;

 And the wan night; impatient for the moon;

Throws her gray mantle over land and sea;

There comes a call from out Life's nether deeps;

 And tides; like some old ocean in a swoon;

Flow out; in soundless majesty; to thee。







  The Watch on Deck





Becalmed upon the equatorial seas;

 A ship of gold lay on a sea of fire;

 Each sail and rope and spar; as in desire;

Mutely besought the kisses of a breeze;

Low laughter told the mariners at ease;

 Sweet sea…songs hymned the red sun's fun'ral pyre:

 Yet One; with eyes that never seemed to tire;

Watched for the storm; nursed on the thunder's knees。



Thou watcher of the spirit's inner keep;

Scanning Death's lone; illimitable deep;

 Spread outward to the far immortal shore!

While the vault sleeps; from the upheaving deck;

Thou see'st the adamantine reefs that wreck;

 And Life's low shoals; where lusting billows roar。







  Autumn





When; with low moanings on the distant shore;

 Like vain regrets; the ocean…tide is rolled:

 When; thro' bare boughs; the tale of death is told

By breezes sighing; 〃Summer days are o'er〃;

When all the days we loved  the days of yore 

 Lie in their vaults; dead Kings who ruled of old 

 Unrobed and sceptreless; uncrowned with gold;

Conquered; and to be crowned; ah! never more。



If o'er the bare fields; cold and whitening

 With the first snow…flakes; I should see thy form;

And meet and kiss thee; that were enough of Spring;

 Enough of sunshine; could I feel the warm

Glad beating of thy heart 'neath Winter's wing;

 Tho' Earth were full of whirlwind and of storm。









Mary Gilmore。







  A Little Ghost





The moonlight flutters from the sky

 To meet her at the door;

A little ghost; whose steps have passed

 Across the creaking floor。



And rustling vines that lightly tap

 Against the window…pane;

Throw shadows on the white…washed walls

 To blot them out again。



The moonlight leads her as she goes

 Across a narrow plain;

By all the old; familiar ways

 That know her steps again。



And through the scrub it leads her on

 And brings her to the creek;

But by the broken dam she stops

 And seems as she would speak。



She moves her lips; but not a sound

 Ripples the silent air;

She wrings her little hands; ah; me!

 The sadness of despair!



While overhead the black…duck's wing

 Cuts like a flash upon

The startled air; that scarcely shrinks

 Ere he afar is gone。



And curlews wake; and wailing cry

 Cur…lew! cur…lew! cur…lew!

Till all the Bush; with nameless dread

 Is pulsing through and through。



The moonlight leads her back again

 And leaves her at the door;

A little ghost whose steps have passed

 Across the creaking floor。







  Good…Night





Good…night! 。 。 。 my darling sleeps so sound

She cannot hear me where she lies;

White lilies watch the closed eyes;

Red roses guard the folded hands。



Good…night!  O woman who once lay

Upon my breast; so still; so sweet

That all my pulses; throbbing; beat

And flamed  I cannot touch you now。



Good…night; my own!  God knows we loved

So well; that all things else seemed slight 

We part forever in the night;

We two poor souls who loved so well。









Bernard O'Dowd。







  Love's Substitute





This love; that dares not warm before its flame

 Our yearning hands; or from its tempting tree

Yield fruit we may consume; or let us claim

 In Hymen's scroll of happy heraldry

 The twining glyphs of perfect you and me 

May kindle social fires whence curls no blame;

 Find gardens where no fruits forbidden be;

And mottoes weave; unsull

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