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Grand old mountains�察�overbeetling brawling brooks and deep ravines��
Where the moonshine�察�pale and mournful�察�flows on rocks and evergreens。
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Underneath these regal ridges ´ underneath the gnarly trees��
I am sitting�察�lonely´hearted�察�listening to a lonely breeze��
Sitting by an ancient casement�察�casting many a longing look
Out across the hazy gloaming ´ out beyond the brawling brook��
Over pathways leading skyward ´ over crag and swelling cone��
Past long hillocks looking like to waves of ocean turned to stone��
Yearning for a bliss unworldly�察�yearning for a brighter change��
Yearning for the mystic Aidenn�察�built beyond this mountain range。
Happy years�察�amongst these valleys�察�happy years have come and gone��
And my youthful hopes and friendships withered with them one by one��
Days and moments bearing onward many a bright and beauteous dream��
All have passed me like to sunstreaks flying down a distant stream。
Oh�察�the love returned by loved ones� �Oh�察�the faces that I knew��
Oh�察�the wrecks of fond affection� �Oh�察�the hearts so warm and true��
But their voices I remember�察�and a something lingers still��
Like a dying echo roaming sadly round a far off hill。
I would sojourn here contented�察�tranquil as I was of yore��
And would never wish to clamber�察�seeking for an unknown shore��
I have dwelt within this cottage twenty summers�察�and mine eyes
Never wandered erewhile round in search of undiscovered skies��
But a spirit sits beside me�察�veiled in robes of dazzling white��
And a dear one's whisper wakens with the symphonies of night��
And a low sad music cometh�察�borne along on windy wings��
Like a strain familiar rising from a maze of slumbering springs。
And the Spirit�察�by my window�察�speaketh to my restless soul��
Telling of the clime she came from�察�where the silent moments roll��
Telling of the bourne mysterious�察�where the sunny summers flee
Cliffs and coasts�察�by man untrodden�察�ridging round a shipless sea。
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There the years of yore are blooming ´ there departed life´dreams dwell��
There the faces beam with gladness that I loved in youth so well��
There the songs of childhood travel�察�over wave´worn steep and strand ´
Over dale and upland stretching out behind this mountain land。
``Lovely Being�察�can a mortal�察�weary of this changeless scene��
Cross these cloudy summits to the land where man hath never been��
Can he find a pathway leading through that wildering mass of pines��
So that he shall reach the country where ethereal glory shines��
So that he may glance at waters never dark with coming ships��
Hearing round him gentle language floating from angelic lips��
Casting off his earthly fetters�察�living there for evermore��
All the blooms of Beauty near him�察�gleaming on that quiet shore��
``Ere you quit this ancient casement�察�tell me�察�is it well to yearn
For the evanescent visions�察�vanished never to return��
Is it well that I should with to leave this dreary world behind��
Seeking for your fair Utopia�察�which perchance I may not find��
Passing through a gloomy forest�察�scaling steeps like prison walls��
Where the scanty sunshine wavers and the moonlight seldom falls��
Oh�察�the feelings re´awakened� �Oh�察�the hopes of loftier range��
Is it well�察�thou friendly Being�察�well to wish for such a change��''
But the Spirit answers nothing� �and the dazzling mantle fades��
And a wailing whisper wanders out from dismal seaside shades��
``Lo�察�the trees are moaning loudly�察�underneath their hood´like shrouds��
And the arch above us darkens�察�scarred with ragged thunder clouds��''
But the spirit answers nothing�察�and I linger all alone��
Gazing through the moony vapours where the lovely Dream has flown��
And my heart is beating sadly�察�and the music waxeth faint��
Sailing up to holy Heaven�察�like the anthems of a Saint。
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KIAMA
TOWARDS the hills of Jamberoo
Some few fantastic shadows haste��
Uplit with fires
Like castle spires
Outshining through a mirage waste。
Behold�察�a mournful glory sits
On feathered ferns and woven brakes��
Where sobbing wild like restless child
The gusty breeze of evening wakes��
Methinks I hear on every breath
A lofty tone go passing by��
That whispers ´ ``Weave��
Though wood winds grieve��
The fadeless blooms of Poesy��''
A spirit hand has been abroad ´
An evil hand to pluck the flowers ´
A world of wealth��
And blooming health
Has gone from fragrant seaside bowers。
The twilight waxeth dim and dark��
The sad waves mutter sounds of woe��
But the evergreen retains its sheen��
And happy hearts exist below��
But pleasure sparkles on the sward��
And voices utter words of bliss��
And while my bride
Sits by my side��
Oh�察�where's the scene surpassing this��
Kiama slumbers�察�robed with mist��
All glittering in the dewy light
That�察�brooding o'er
The shingly shore��
Lies resting in the arms of Night��
And foam´flecked crags with surges chill��
And rocks embraced of cold´lipped spray��
Are moaning loud where billows crowd
In angry numbers up the bay。
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The holy stars come looking down
On windy heights and swarthy strand��
And Life and Love ´
The cliffs above ´
Are sitting fondly hand in hand。
I hear a music inwardly��
That floods my soul with thoughts of joy��
Within my heart
Emotions start
That Time may still but ne'er destroy。
An ancient Spring revives itself��
And days which made the past divine��
And rich warm gleams from golden dreams��
All glorious in their summer shine��
And songs of half forgotten hours��
And many a sweet melodious strain��
Which still shall rise
Beneath the skies
When all things else have died again。
A white sail glimmers out at sea ´
A vessel walking in her sleep��
Some Power goes past
That bends the mast��
While frighted waves to leeward leap。
The moonshine veils the naked sand
And ripples upward with the tide��
As underground there rolls a sound
From where the caverned waters glide。
A face that bears affection's glow��
The soul that speaks from gentle eyes��
And joy which slips
From loving lips
Have made this spot my Paradise��
ETHELINE
The heart that once was rich with light��
And happy in your grace��
Now lieth cold beneath the scorn
That gathers on your face��
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And every joy it knew before��
And every templed dream��
Is paler than the dying flash
On yonder mountain stream。
The soul�察�regretting foundered bliss
Amid the wreck of years��
Hath mourned it with intensity
Too deep for human tears��
The forest fadeth underneath
The blast that rushes by ´
The dripping leaves are white with death��
But Love will never die��
We both have seen the starry moss
That clings where Ruin reigns��
And one must know his lonely breast
Affection still retains��
Through all the sweetest hopes of life��
That clustered round and round��
Are lying now�察�like withered things��
Forsaken ´ on the ground。
'Tis hard to think of what we were��
And what we might have been��
Had not an evil spirit crept
Across the tranquil scene��
Had fervent feelings in your soul
Not failed nor ceased to shine
As pure as those existing on��
And burning still in mine。
Had every treasure at your feet
That I was wont to pour��
Been never thrown like worthless weeds
Upon a barren shore��
The bitter edge of grief has passed��
I would not now upbraid��
Or count to you the broken vows��
So often idly made��
I would not cross your path to chase
The falsehood from your brow ´
I know�察�with all that borrowed light��
You are not happy now��
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Since those that once have trampled down
Affection's early claim��
Have lost a peace they need not hope
To find on earth again。
AILEEN
A SPLENDID sun betwixt the trees
Long spikes of flame did shoot��
When turning to the fragrant South��
With longing eyes and burning mouth��
I stretched a hand athwart the drouth��
And plucked at cooling fruit。
So thirst was quenched�察�and hastening on
With strength returned to me��
I set my face against the noon��
And reached a denser forest soon��
Which dipped into a still lagoon
Hard by the sooming sea。
All day the ocean beat on bar
And bank of gleaming sand��
Yet that lone pool was always mild��
It never moved when waves were wild��
But slumbered�察�like a quiet child��
Upon the lap of land。
And when I rested on the brink��
Amongst the fallen flowers��
I lay in calm�察�no leaves were stirred
By breath of wind�察�or wing of bird��
It was so still�察�you might have heard
The footfalls of the hours。
Faint slumbrous scents of roses filled
The air which covered me��
My words were low ´ ``she loved them so��
In Eden vales such odours blow��
How strange it is that roses grow
So near the shores of Sea��''
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A sweeter fragrance never came
Across the Fields of Yore��
And when I said ´ ``we here would dwell��'' ´
A low voice on the silence fell ´
``Ah� �if you loved the roses well��
You loved Aileen the more。''
``Ay�察�that I did�察�and now would turn��
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