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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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