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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��

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     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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