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     When our youthful eyes�察�rejoicing�察�saw the sunlight round the spray
     In a rainbow´wreath of splendour�察�glittering underneath the day��
     Sunlight flashing past the billows�察�falling cliffs and crags among��
     Clothing hopeful friendship basking on the shores of Wollongong。


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     Echoes of departed voices�察�whispers from forgotten dreams��
     Come across my spirit�察�like the murmurs of melodious streams。
     Here we both have wandered nightly�察�when the moonshine cold and pale
     Shimmer'd on the cone of Keira�察�sloping down the sleeping vale��
     When the mournful waves came sobbing�察�sobbing on the furrowed shore��
     Like to lone hearts weeping over loved ones they shall see no more��
     While the silver ripples�察�stealing past the shells and slimy stones��
     Broke beneath the caverns�察�dying�察�one by one�察�in muffled moans��
     As the fragrant wood´winds roaming�察�with a fitful cadence sung
     'Mid the ghostly branches belting round the shores of Wollongong。


     Lovely faces flit before us�察�friendly forms around us stand��
     Gleams of well´remembered gladness trip along the yellow sand。
     Here the gold´green waters glistened underneath our dreaming gaze��
     As the lights of Heaven slanted down the pallid ether haze��
     Here the mossy rock´pool�察�like to one that stirs himself in sleep��
     Trembled every moment at the roaring of the restless deep��
     While the stately vessels swooping to the breezes fair and free��
     Passed away like sheeted spectres�察�fading down the distant sea��
     And our wakened fancies sparkled�察�and our soul´born thoughts we strung
     Into joyous lyrics�察�singing with the waves of Wollongong。


     Low´breathed strains of sweetest music float about my raptured ears��
     Angel´eyes are glancing at me hopeful smiles and happy tears。
     Merry feet go scaling up the old and thunder´shattered steeps��
     And the billows clamber after�察�and the surge to ocean leaps��
     Scattered into fruitless showers�察�falling where the breakers roll��
     Baffled like the aspirations of a proud ambitious soul。
     Far off sounds of silvery laughter through the hollow caverns ring��
     While my heart leaps up to catch reviving pleasure on the wing��
     And the years come trooping backward�察�and we both again are young��
     Walking side by side upon the lovely shores of Wollongong。


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     Fleeting dreams and idle fancies� �Lo�察�the gloomy after Age
     Creepeth�察�like an angry shadow�察�over life's eventful stage��
     Joy is but a mocking phantom�察�throwing out its glitter brief ´
     Short´lived as the western sunbeam dying from the cedar leaf。
     Here we linger�察�lonely´hearted�察�musing over visions fled��
     While the sickly twilight withers from the arches overhead。
     Semblance of a bliss delusive are those dull�察�receding rays��
     Semblance of the faint reflection left to us of other days��
     Days of vernal hope and gladness�察�hours when the blossoms sprung
     Round the feet of blithesome ramblers by the shores of Wollongong。

ELLA WITH THE SHINING HAIR


     THROUGH many a fragrant cedar grove
         A darkened water moans��
     And there pale Memory stood with Love
         Amongst the moss´green stones。


     The shimmering sunlight fell and kissed
         The grasstree's golden sheaves��
     But we were troubled with a mist
         Of music in the leaves。


     One passed us�察�like a sudden gleam��
         Her face was deadly fair。
     ``Oh�察�go��'' we said�察 �`you homeless Dream
         Of Ella's shining hair��


     ``We halt�察�like one with tired wings��
         And we would fain forget
     That there are tempting�察�maddening things
         Too high to clutch at yet��


     ``Though seven Springs have filled the Wood
         With pleasant hints and signs��
     Since faltering feet went forth and stood
         With Death amongst the pines。''


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     From point to point unwittingly
         We wish to clamber still��
     Till we have light enough to see
         The summits of the hill。


     ``O do not cry�察�my sister dear��''
         Said beaming Hope to Love��
     ``Though we have been so troubled here
         The Land is calm above��


     ``Beyond the regions of the storm
         We'll find the golden gates��
     Where�察�all the day�察�a radiant Form��
         Our Ella�察�sits and waits。''


     And Memory murmured�此 �`She was one
         Of God's own darlings lent��
     And Angels wept that she had gone��
         And wondered why she went。


     ``I know they came�察�and talked to her��
         Through every garden breeze��
     About eternal Hills of Myrrh��
         And quiet Jasper Seas。


     ``For her the Earth contained no charms��
         All things were strange and wild��
     And I believe a Seraph's arms
         Caught up the sainted Child。''


     And Love looked round�察�and said�此 �`Oh�察�you
         That sit by Beulah's streams��
     Shake on this thirsty life the dew
         Which brings immortal dreams��


     ``Ah� �turn to us�察�and greet us oft
         With looks of pitying balm��
     And hints of heaven�察�in whispers soft��
         To make our troubles calm。


     ``My Ella with the shining hair��
         Behold�察�these many years��
     We've held up wearied hands in prayer��
         And groped about in tears。''


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     But Hope sings on�此 �`Beyond the storm
         We'll find the golden gates
     Where�察�all the day�察�a radiant Form��
         Our Ella�察�sits and waits。''

THE BARCOO

��The Squatter's Song��


     FROM the runs of the Narran�察�wide´dotted with sheep��
         And loud with the lowing of cattle��
     We speed for a land where the strange forests sleep
         And the hidden creeks bubble and brattle��
     Now call on the horses�察�and leave the blind courses
         And sources of rivers that all of us know��
     For�察�crossing the ridges�察�and passing the ledges��
     And running up gorges�察�we'll come to the verges
         Of gullies where waters eternally flow。
     Oh� �the herds they will rush down the spurs of the hill
         To feed on the grasses so cool and so sweet��
     And I think that my life with delight will stand still
         When we halt with the pleasant Barcoo at our feet。


     Good´bye to the Barwon�察�and brigalow scrubs��
         Adieu to the Culgo��ranges��
     But look for the mulga and salt´bitten shrubs��
         Though the face of the forest´land changes。
     The leagues we may travel down beds of hot gravel��
         And clay´crusted reaches where moisture hath been��
     While searching for waters�察�may vex us and thwart us��
     Yet who would be quailing�察�or fainting�察�or failing��
         Not you�察�who are men of the Narran�察�I ween��
     When we leave the dry channels away to the south��
         And reach the far plains we are journeying to��
     We will cry�察�though our lips may be glued with the drouth��
         Hip�察�hip�察�and hurrah for the pleasant Barcoo��

BELLS BEYOND THE FOREST


     WILD´EYED woodlands�察�here I rest me�察�underneath the gaunt and ghastly trees��
     Underneath fantastic´fronted caverns crammed with many a muffled breeze。

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     Far away from dusky towns and cities twinkling with the feet of men��
     Listening to a sound of mellow music fleeting down the gusty glen��
     Sitting by a rapid torrent�察�with the broken sunset in my face��
     By a rapid�察�roaring torrent�察�tumbling through a dark and lonely place��
     And I hear the bells beyond the forest�察�and the voice of distant streams��
     And a flood of swelling singing�察�wafting round a world of ruined dreams。


     Like to one who watches daylight dying from a lofty mountain spire��
     When the autumn splendour scatters like a gust of faintly´gleaming fire��
     So the silent spirit looketh through a mist of faded smiles and tears��
     While across it stealeth all the sad and sweet divinity of years ´
     All the scenes of shine and shadow�察�light and darkness sleeping side by side
     When my heart was wedded to existence�察�as a bridegroom to his bride��
     While I travelled gaily onward with the vapours crowding in my wake��
     Deeming that the Present hid the glory where the promised Morn would break。


     Like to one who�察�by the waters standing�察�marks the reeling ocean wave
     Moaning�察�hide his head all torn and shivered underneath his lonely cave��
     So the soul within me glances at the tides of Purpose where they creep��
     Dashed to fragments by the yawning ridges circling Life's tempestuous Deep��
     Oh� �the tattered leaves are dropping�察�dropping round me like a fall of rain��
     While the dust of many a broken aspiration sweeps my troubled brain��

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     With the yearnings after Beauty�察�and the longings to be good and great��
     And the thoughts of catching Fortune�察�flying on the tardy wings of Fate。


     Bells�察�beyond the forest chiming�察�where is all the inspiration now
     That was wont to flush my forehead�察�and to chase the pallor from my brow��
     Did I not�察�amongst these thickets�察�weave my thoughts and passions into rhyme��
     Trusting that the words were golden�察�hoping for the praise of after´time��
     Where have all those fancies fled to�拭�Can the fond delusion linger still��
     When the Evening withers o'er me�察�and the night is creeping up the hill��
     If the years of strength have left me�察�and my life begins to fail and fade��
     Who will learn my simple ballads�察�who will stay to sing the songs I've made��


     Bells�察�beyond the forest ringing�察�lo�察�I hasten to the world again��
     For the sun has smote the empty windows�察�and the day is on the wane��
     Hear I not a dreamy echo�察�soughing through the rafters of the tree��
     Like a sound of stormy rivers�察�or the ravings of a restless sea��
     Should I loiter here to listen�察�while this fitful wind is on the wing��
     No�察�the heart of Time is sobbing�察�and my spirit is a withered thing��
     Let the rapid torrents tumble�察�let the woodlands whistle in the blast��
     Mighty minstrels sing behind me�察�but the promise of my youth is past。


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