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Mighty minstrels sing behind me�察�but the promise of my youth is past。
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ULMARRA
ALONE ´ alone��
With a heart like a stone��
She maketh her moan
At the feet of the trees��
With her face on her knees��
And her hair streaming over��
Wildly�察�and wildly�察�and wildly��
For she misses the tracks of her lover��
Do you hear her�察�Ulmarra��
Oh�察�where are the tracks of her lover��
Go by ´ go by��
They have told her a lie��
Who said he was nigh��
In the white´cedar glen ´
In the camps of his men��
And she sitteth there weeping ´
Weeping�察�and weeping�察�and weeping��
For the face of a warrior sleeping��
Do you hear her�察�Ulmarra��
Oh� �where is her warrior sleeping��
A dream� �a dream��
That they saw a bright gleam
Through the dusk boughs stream��
Where wild bees dwell��
And a tomahawk fell��
In moons which have faded��
Faded�察�and faded�察�and faded��
From woods where a chieftain lies shaded��
Do you hear her�察�Ulmarra��
Oh� �where doth her chieftain lie shaded��
Bewail� �bewail��
Who whispered a tale��
That they heard on the gale��
Through the dark and the cold��
The voice of the bold��
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And a boomerang flying��
Flying�察�and flying�察�and flying��
Ah� �her heart it is wasted with crying ´
Do you hear her�察�Ulmarra��
Oh� �her heart it is wasted with crying��
THE MAID OF GERRINGONG
ROLLING through the gloomy gorges�察�comes the roaring southern blast��
With a sound of torrents flying�察�like a routed army�察�past��
And�察�beneath the shaggy forelands�察�strange fantastic forms of surf
Fly�察�like wild hounds�察�at the darkness�察�crouching over sea and earth��
Swooping round the sunken caverns�察�with an aggravated roar��
Falling where the waters tumble foaming on a screaming shore��
In a night like this we parted。 Eyes were wet though speech was low��
And our thoughts were all in mourning for the dear�察�dead Long Ago��
In a night like this we parted。 Hearts were sad though they were young��
And you left me very lonely�察�dark´haired Maid of Gerringong。
Said my darling�察�looking at me�察�through the radiance of her tears��
``Many changes�察�O my loved One�察�we will meet in after years��
Changes like to sudden sunbursts flashing down a rainy steep ´
Changes like to swift´winged shadows falling on a moony deep��
And they are so cheerless sometimes�察�leaving�察�when they pass us by��
Deepening dolours on the sweet�察�sad face of our Humanity。
But you'll hope�察�and fail and faint not�察�with that heart so warm and true��
Watching for the coming Morning�察�that will flood the World for you��
Listening through a thirsty silence�察�till the low winds bear along
Eager footfalls ´ pleasant voices��'' said the Maid of Gerringong。
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Said my darling�察�when the wind came sobbing wildly round the eaves��
``Oh�察�the Purpose scattered from me�察�like the withered autumn leaves��
Oh�察�the wreck of Love's ambition� �Oh�察�the fond and full belief
That I yet should hear them hail you in your land a God´made chief��
In the loud day they may slumber�察�but my thoughts will not be still
When the weary world is sleeping�察�and the moon is on the hill��
Then your form will bend above me�察�then your voice will rise and fall��
Though I turn and hide in darkness�察�with my face against the wall��
And my Soul must rise and listen while those homeless memories throng
Moaning in the night for shelter��'' said the Maid of Gerringong。
Ay�察�she passed away and left me� �Rising through the dusk of tears��
Came a vision of that parting every day for many years��
Every day�察�though she had told me not to court the strange sweet pain��
Something whispered ´ something led me to our olden haunts again��
And I used to wander nightly�察�by the surges and the ships��
Harping on those last fond accents that had trembled from her lips��
Till a vessel crossed the waters�察�and I heard a stranger say��
``One you loved has died in silence with her dear face turned away。''
Oh� �the eyes that flash upon me�察�and the voice that comes along ´
Oh� �my light�察�my life�察�my darling dark´haired Maid of Gerringong。
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Some one saith�察 �`Oh�察�you that mock at Passion with a worldly whine��
Would you change the face of Nature ´ would you limit God's design��
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Hide for shame from well´raised clamour�察�moderate fools who would be wise��
Hide for shame ´ the World will hoot you� �Love is Love�察�and never dies''
And another asketh�察�doubting that my brother speaks the truth��
``Can we love in age as fondly as we did in days of youth��
Will dead faces always haunt us�察�in the time of faltering breath��
Shall we yearn�察�and we so feeble��'' Ay�察�for Love is Love in Death。
Oh� �the Faith with sure foundation� � let the Ages roll along��
You are mine�察�and mine for ever�察�dark´haired Maid of Gerringong。
Last night�察�dear�察�I dreamt about you�察�and I thought that far from men
We were walking�察�both together�察�in a fragrant seaside glen��
Down where we could hear the surges wailing round the castled cliffs��
Down where we could see the sunset reddening on the distant skiffs��
There a fall of mountain waters tumbled through the knotted bowers
Bright with rainbow colours reeling on the purple forest flowers。
And we rested on the benches of a cavern old and hoar��
And I whispered�察 �`this is surely her I loved in days of yore��
False he was who brought sad tidings� �Why were you away so long��
When you knew who waited for you�察�dark´haired Maid of Gerringong��
``Did the strangers come around you�察�in the far´off foreign land��
Did they lead you out of sorrow�察�with kind face and loving hand��
Had they pleasant ways to court you ´ had they silver words to bind��
Had they souls more fond and loyal than the soul you left behind��
Do not think I blame you�察�dear one� �Ah� �my heart is gushing o'er
With the sudden joy and wonder�察�thus to see your face once more。
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Happy is the chance which joins us after long�察�long years of pain��
And�察�oh�察�blessed was whatever sent you back to me again��
Now our pleasure will be real ´ now our hopes again are young��
Now we'll climb Life's brightest summits�察�dark´haired Maid of Gerringong。
``In the sound of many footfalls�察�did you falter with regret
For a step which used to gladden in the time so vivid yet��
When they left you in the night´hours�察�did you lie awake like me��
With the thoughts of what we had been ´ what we never more could be��
Ah� �you look but do not answer while I halt and question here��
Wondering why I am so happy�察�doubting that you are so near。
Sure these eyes with love are blinded�察�for your form is waxing faint��
And a dreamy splendour crowns it�察�like the halo round a saint��
When I talk of what we will be�察�and new aspirations throng��
Why are you so sadly silent�察�dark´haired Maid of Gerringong��''
But she faded into sunset�察�and the sunset passed from sight��
And I followed madly after�察�through the misty�察�moony night��
Crying�察 �`do not leave me lonely� �Life has been so cold and drear��
You are all that God has left me�察�and I want you to be near��
Do not leave me in the darkness� �I have walked a weary way��
Listening for your truant footsteps ´ turn and stay�察�my darling�察�stay��''
But she came not though I waited�察�watching through a splendid haze��
Where the lovely Phantom halted ere she vanished from my gaze。
Then I thought that rain was falling�察�for there rose a stormy song��
And I woke in gloom and tempest�察�dark´haired Maid of Gerringong��
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WATCHING
LIKE a beautiful face looking ever at me
A pure bright moon cometh over the sea��
And I stand on the crags�察�and hear the falls
Go tumbling down�察�through the black river´walls��
And the heart of the gorge is rent with the cry
Of the pent´up winds in their agony��
You are far from me�察�dear�察�where I watch and wait��
Like a weary bird for a long´lost mate��
And my life is as dull as the sluggish stream
Feeling its way through a world of dream��
For here is a waste of darkness and fear��
And I call and I call�察�but no one will hear��
O darling of mine�察�do you ever yearn
For a something lost�察�which will never return��
O darling of mine�察�on the grave of dead Hours��
Do you feel�察�like me�察�for a handful of flowers��
Through the glens of the Past�察�do you wander along��
Like a restless ghost that hath done a wrong��
And�察�lying alone�察�do you look from the drouth
Of a thirsty Life with a pleading mouth��
When the rain's on the roof�察�and the gales are abroad��
Do you wash with your tears the feet of your God��
Oh� �I know you do�察�and he sitteth alone��
Your wounded Love�察�while you mourn and moan ´
Oh� �I know you do�察�and he never will leap
From his silence with smiles�察�while you weep ´ and weep��
Your coolness shake down�察�ye gathered green leaves��
For my spirit is faint with the love that it grieves��
Is there aught on the summit�察�O yearner through Night��
Aught on the summit which looks like the light��
When my soul is a´wearied and lone in the land��
Groping around will it touch a kind hand��
There are chasms between us as black as a pall��
But bring us together�察�O God over all��
And let me cast from me these fetters of Fear��
When I hear the glad singing of Faith so near��
For I know by the cheeks�察�which are pallid and wet��
And a listening life we shall mi
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