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     Wandering�察�like a fearful warning�察�where the withered twilight broke
     Through a mass of mournful tresses�察�drooping down the Native Oak。


     And I caught a glimpse of sunset fading from a far´off wild��
     As I sat me down to fancy�察�like a thoughtful�察�wistful child ´
     Sat me down to fancy what might mean those hollow�察�hopeless tones��
     Sooming round the swooning silence�察�dying out in smothered moans��
     What might mean that muffled sobbing�拭�Did a lonely phantom wail��
     Pent amongst those tangled branches barring out the moonlight pale��
     Wept it for that gleam of glory wasting from the forest aisles��
     For that fainting gleam of glory sad with flickering�察�sickly smiles��


     In these woodlands I was restless� �I had seen a light depart��
     And an ache for something vanished filled and chilled my longing heart��
     And I linked my thoughts together ´ ``All seemed still and dull to´day��
     But a painful symbol groweth from the shine that pales away��
     This may not be idle dreaming�察�if the spirit roams��'' I said��
     ``This is surely one�察�a wanderer from the ages which have fled��
     Who can look beyond the darkness�察�who can see so he may tell
     Where the sunsets all have gone to�察�where the souls that leave us dwell��


     ``This might be a loving exile�察�full with faded thoughts returned��
     Seeking for familiar faces�察�friends for whom he long had yearned。
     Here his fathers must have sojourned ´ here his people may have died��
     Or�察�perchance�察�to distant forests all were scattered far and wide。
     So he moans and so he lingers� �weeping o'er the wasted wild��
     Weeping o'er the desolation�察�like a lost�察�benighted child��
     So he moans�察�and so he lingers� �Hence these fitful�察�fretful sighs��
     Deep within the oak tree solemn� �Hence these weary�察�weary cries��


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     ``Or who knows but that some secret lies beneath yon dismal mound��
     Ha� �a dreary�察�dreadful secret must be buried underground��
     Not a ragged blade of verdure ´ not one root of moss is there��
     Who hath torn the grasses from it ´ wherefore is that barrow bare��
     Darkness shuts the forest round me。 Here I stand and�察�O my God��
     This may be some injured spirit raving round and round the sod。
     Hush� �the tempest�察�how it travels� �Blood hath here been surely shed ´
     Hush� �the thunder�察�how it mutters� �Oh�察�the unrequited Dead��''


     Came a footfall past the water ´ came a wild man through the gloom��
     Down he stooped and faced the current�察�silent as the silent tomb��
     Down he stooped and lapped the ripples�此�not a single word he spoke��
     But I whispered�察 �`He can tell me of the Secret in the Oak��
     Very thoughtful seems that forehead�察�many legends he may know��
     Many tales and old traditions linked to what is here below��
     I must ask him ´ rest I cannot ´ though my life upon it hung ´
     Though these wails are waxing louder�察�I must give my thoughts a tongue。


     ``Shake that silence from you�察�wild man� �I have looked into your face��
     Hoping I should learn the story there about this fearful place。
     Slake your thirst�察�but stay and tell me�此�did your heart with terror beat��
     When you stepped across the bare and blasted hillock at your feet��
     Hearken to these croons so wretched deep within the dusk boughs pent��
     Hold you not some strange tradition coupled with this strange lament��
     When your tribe about their camp´fires hear that hollow�察�broken cry��
     Do they hint of deeds mysterious�察�hidden in the days gone by��''


     But he rose like one bewildered�察�shook his head and glided past��
     Huddling whispers hurried after�察�hissing in the howling blast��

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     Now a sheet of lurid splendour swept athwart the mountain spire��
     And a midnight squall came trumping down on zigzag paths of fire��
     Through the tumult dashed a torrent flanking out in foaming streams��
     Whilst the woodlands groaned and muttered like a monster vexed with dreams。
     Then I swooned away in horror。 Oh� �that shriek which rent the air��
     Like the voice of some fell demon harrowed by a mad despair。

HARPS WE LOVE


     THE harp we love hath a royal burst��
         Its strings are mighty forest trees��
     And branches�察�swaying to and fro��
         Are fingers sounding symphonies。


     The harp we love hath a solemn sound��
         And rocks amongst the shallow seas
     Are strings from which the rolling waves
         Draw forth their stirring harmonies。


     The harp we love hath a low sweet voice��
         Its strings are in the bosom deep��
     And Love will press those hidden chords
         When all the baser passions sleep。

WAITING AND WISHING


     I LOITER by this surging sea��
     Here�察�by this surging�察�sooming sea��
     Here�察�by this wailing�察�wild´faced sea��
     Dreaming through the dreamy night��
     Yearning for a strange delight��
     Will it ever�察�ever�察�ever fly to me��
             By this surging sea��
             By this surging�察�sooming sea��
             By this wailing�察�wild´faced sea��


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     I know some gentle spirit lives��
     Some loving�察�lonely spirit lives��
     Some melancholy spirit lives��
     Walking o'er the earth for me��
     Searching round the world for me��
     Will she ever�察�ever�察�ever hither come��
             Where the waters roam��
             Where the sobbing waters roam��
             Where the raving waters roam��


     All worn and wasted by the storms��
     All gapped and fractured by the storms��
     All split and splintered by the storms��
     Overhead the caverns groan��
     Gloomy�察�ghastly caverns groan�  �
     Will she ever�察�ever�察�ever fill this heart��
             Peace�察�O longing heart��
             Peace�察�O longing�察�beating heart��
             Peace�察�O beating�察�weary heart��

THE WILD KANGAROO


     THE rain´clouds have gone to the deep ´
         The East like a furnace doth glow��
     And the day´spring is flooding the steep��
         And sheening the landscape below。
     Oh�察�ye who are gifted with souls
         That delight in the music of birds��
     Come forth where the scattered mist rolls��
         And listen to eloquent words��
     Oh�察�ye who are fond of the sport��
         And would travel yon wilderness through��
     Gather ´ each to his place ´ for a life´stirring chase��
         In the wake of the wild Kangaroo��
                 Gather ´ each to his place ´
                 For a life´stirring chase
         In the wake of the wild Kangaroo��


     Beyond the wide rents of the fog��
         The trees are illumined with gold��
     And the bark of the shepherd's brave dog
         Shoots away from the sheltering fold。

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     Down the depths of yon rock´border'd glade��
         A torrent goes foaming along��
     And the blind´owls retire into shade��
         And the bell´bird beginneth its song。
     By the side of that yawning abyss��
         Where the vapours are hurrying to��
     We will merrily pass�察�looking down to the grass
         For the tracks of the wild Kangaroo��
                 We will merrily pass��
                 Looking down to the grass
         For the tracks of the wild Kangaroo。


     Ho�察�brothers�察�away to the woods��
         Euroka hath clambered the hill��
     But the morning there seldom intrudes��
         Where the night´shadows slumber on still。
     We will roam o'er these forest´lands wild��
         And thread the dark masses of vines��
     Where the winds�察�like the voice of a child��
         Are singing aloft in the pines。
     We must keep down the glee of our hounds��
         We must steal through the glittering dew��
     And the breezes shall sleep as we cautiously creep
         To the haunts of the wild Kangaroo。
                 And the breezes shall sleep��
                 As we cautiously creep
         To the haunts of the wild Kangaroo。


     When we pass through a stillness like death
         The swamp fowl and timorous quail��
     Like the leaves in a hurricane's breath��
         Will start from their nests in the vale��
     And the forester��* snuffing the air��
         Will bound from his covert so dark��
     While we follow along in the rear��
         As arrows speed on to their mark��
     Then the swift hounds shall bring him to bay��
         And we'll send forth a hearty halloo��
     As we gather them all to be in at the fall ´
         At the death of the wild Kangaroo��
                 As we gather them all
                 To be in at the fall ´
         At the death of the wild Kangaroo��


     Note��*The Kangaroo



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CLARI


     TOO cold�察�O my brother�察�too cold for my wife
         Is the Beauty you showed me this morning��
     Nor yet have I found the sweet dream of my life��
         And good´bye to the sneering and scorning。
     Would you have me cast down in the dark of her frown��
         Like others who bend at her shrine��
     And would barter their souls for a statue´like face��
         And a heart that can never be mine��
                 That can never be theirs nor mine。


     Go after her�察�look at her�察�kneel at her feet��
         And mimic the lover romantic��
     I have hated deceit�察�and she misses the treat
         Of driving me hopelessly frantic��
     Now watch her�察�as deep in her carriage she lies��
         And love her�察�my friend�察�if you dare��
     She would wither your life with her beautiful eyes��
         And strangle your soul with her hair��
                 With a mesh of her splendid hair。

WOLLONGONG


     LET me talk of years evanished�察�let me harp upon the time
     When we trod these sands together�察�in our boyhood's golden prime��
     Let me lift again the curtain�察�while I gaze upon the past��
     As the sailor glances homewards�察�watching from the topmost mast。
     Here we rested on the grasses�察�in the glorious summer hours��
     When the waters hurried seaward�察�fringed with ferns and forest flowers��
     When our youthful eyes�察�rejoicing�察�saw the sunlight round the spray
     In a rainbow´wreath of splendour�察�glit
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