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     For I know by the cheeks�察�which are pallid and wet��
     And a listening life we shall mingle yet��

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     Oh� �then I will turn to those eloquent eyes��
     And clasp thee close�察�with a sweet surprise��
     And a guest will go in by the heart's holy door��
     And the chambers of Love shall be left no more。

THE OPOSSUM´HUNTERS


     HEAR ye not the waters beating where the rapid rivers�察�meeting
         With the winds above them fleeting�察�hurry to the distant seas��
     And a smothered sound of singing from old Ocean upwards springing��
         Sending hollow echoes ringing like a wailing on the breeze��
     For the tempest round us brewing�察�cometh with the clouds pursuing��
         And the bright Day�察�like a ruin�察�crumbles from the mournful trees。


     When the thunder ceases pealing�察�and the stars up heaven are stealing��
         And the Moon above us wheeling throws her pleasant glances round��
     From our homes we boldly sally 'neath the trysting tree to rally��
         For a night´hunt up the valley�察�with our brothers and the hound��
     Through a wild´eyed Forest�察�staring at the light above it glaring��
         We will travel�察�little caring for the dangers where we bound。


     Twisted boughs shall tremble o'er us�察�hollow woods shall moan before us��
         And the torrents like a chorus down the gorges dark shall sing��
     And the vines shall shake and shiver�察�and the startled grasses quiver��
         Like the reeds beside a river in the gusty days of Spring��
     While we forward haste delighted�察�through a region seldom lighted ´
         Souls impatient�察�hearts excited ´ like a wind upon the wing��


     Oh� �the solemn tones of Ocean�察�like the language of devotion��
         Or a voice of deep emotion�察�wander round the evening scene。
     Oh� �the ragged shadows cluster where�察�my brothers�察�we must muster

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         Ere the warm moon lends her lustre to the cedars darkly green��
     And the lights like flowers shall blossom�察�in high Heaven's kindly bosom��
         While we hunt the wild opossum�察�underneath its leafy screen��


     Underneath the woven bowers�察�where the gloomy night´hawk cowers��
         Through a lapse of dreamy hours�察�in a stirless solitude��
     And the hound ´ that close beside us still will stay whate'er betide us ´
         Through a 'wildering waste shall guide us ´
             through a maze where few intrude��
     Till the game is chased to cover�察�till the stirring sport is over��
         Till we bound�察�each happy rover�察�homeward down the laughing wood。


     Oh�察�the joy in wandering thither�察�when fond friends are all together
         And our souls are like the weather ´ cloudless�察�clear and fresh and free��
     Let the sailor sing the story of the ancient ocean's glory��
         Forests golden�察�mountains hoary ´ can he look and love like we��
     Sordid worldling�察�haunt thy city with that heart so hard and gritty��
         There are those who turn with pity when they turn to think of thee��

IN THE DEPTHS OF THE FOREST


     IN the depths of a Forest secluded and wild��
         The night voices whisper in passionate numbers��
     And I'm leaning again�察�as I did when a child��
         O'er the grave where my father so quietly slumbers。


     The years have rolled by with a thundering sound
         But I knew�察�O ye woodlands�察�affection would know it��
     And the spot which I stand on is sanctified ground
         By the love that I bear to him sleeping below it。


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     Oh� �well may the winds with a saddening moan
         Go fitfully over the branches so dreary��
     And well may I kneel by the time´shattered stone��
         And rejoice that a rest has been found for the weary。

TO CHARLES HARPUR


     I WOULD sit at your feet for long days��
         To hear the sweet Muse of the Wild
     Speak out through the sad and the passionate lays
         Of her first and her favourite Child。


     I would sit at your feet�察�for my soul
         Delights in the solitudes free��
     And I stand where the creeks and the cataracts roll
         Whensoever I listen to thee��


     I would sit at your feet�察�for I love
         By the gulches and torrents to roam��
     And I long in this city for woodland and grove��
         And the peace of a wild forest home。


     I would sit at your feet�察�and we'd dwell
         On the scenes of a long´vanished time��
     While your thoughts into music would surge and would swell
         Like a breeze of our beautiful clime。


     I would sit at your feet�察�for I know��
         Though the World in the Present be blind��
     That the amaranth blossoms of Promise will blow
         When the Ages have left you behind。


     I would sit at your feet�察�for I feel
         I am one of a glorious band
     That ever will own you and hold you their Chief��
         And a Monarch of Song in the land��


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THE RIVER AND THE HILL


     And they shook their sweetness out in their sleep��
         On the brink of that beautiful stream��
     But it wandered along with a wearisome song
         Like a lover that walks in a dream��
                     So the roses blew
                     When the winds went through��
             In the moonlight so white and so still��
                     But the river it beat
                     All night at the feet
                 Of a cold and flinty hill ´
                 Of a hard and senseless hill��


     I said�察 �`We have often showered our loves
         Upon something as dry as the dust��
     And the faith that is crost�察�and the hearts that are lost ´
         Oh� �how can we wittingly trust��
                     Like the stream which flows��
                     And wails as it goes��
             Through the moonlight so white and so still��
                     To beat and to beat
                     All night at the feet
                 Of a cold and flinty hill ´
                 Of a hard and senseless hill��


     ``River�察�I stay where the sweet roses blow��
         And drink of their pleasant perfumes��
     Oh�察�why do you moan�察�in this wide world alone��
         When so much affection here blooms��
                     The winds wax faint��
                     And the Moon like a Saint
             Glides over the woodlands so white and so still��
                     But you beat and you beat
                     All night at the feet
                 Of that cold and flinty hill ´
                 Of that hard and senseless hill��''


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THE FATE OF THE EXPLORERS

��A Fragment��


     SET your face toward the darkness ´ tell of deserts weird and wide��
     Where unshaken woods are huddled�察�and low�察�languid waters glide��
     Turn and tell of deserts lonely�察�lying pathless�察�deep and vast��
     Where in utter silence ever Time seems slowly breathing past ´
     Silence only broken when the sun is flecked with cloudy bars��
     Or when tropic squalls come hurtling underneath the sultry stars��
     Deserts thorny�察�hot and thirsty�察�where the feet of men are strange��
     And eternal Nature sleeps in solitudes which know no change。


     Weakened with their lengthened labours�察�past long plains of stone and sand��
     Down those trackless wilds they wandered�察�travellers from a far´off land��
     Seeking now to join their brothers�察�struggling on with faltering feet��
     For a glorious work was finished�察�and a noble task complete。
     And they dreamt of welcome faces ´ dreamt that soon unto their ears
     Friendly greetings would be thronging�察�with a nation's well´earned cheers��
     Since their courage never failed them�察�but with high�察�unflinching soul
     Each was pressing forward�察�hoping�察�trusting all should reach the goal。

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     Though he rallied in the morning�察�long before the close of day
     He had sunk�察�the worn´out hero�察�fainting�察�dying by the way��
     But with Death he wrestled hardly�察�three times rising from the sod��
     Yet a little further onward o'er the weary waste he trod。
     Facing Fate with heart undaunted�察�still the chief would totter on
     Till the evening closed about him ´ till the strength to move was gone��

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     Then he penned his latest writings�察�and�察�before his life was spent��
     Gave the records to his comrade ´ gave the watch he said was lent ´
     Gave them with his last commandments�察�charging him that night to stay
     And to let him lie unburied when the soul had passed away。


     Through that night he uttered little�察�rambling were the words he spoke��
     And he turned and died in silence�察�when the tardy morning broke。
     Many memories come together whilst in sight of death we dwell��
     Much of sweet and sad reflection through the weary mind must well。
     As those long hours glided past him�察�till the east with light was fraught��
     Who may know the mournful secret ´ who can tell us what he thought��


     Very lone and very wretched was the brave man left behind��
     Wandering over leagues of waste´land�察�seeking�察�hoping help to find��
     Sleeping in deserted wurleys�察�fearful many nightfalls through
     Lest unfriendly hands should rob him of his hoard of wild nardoo。

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     Ere he reached their old encampment ´ ere the well´known spot was gained��
     Something nerved him ´ something whispered that his other chief remained。
     So he searched for food to give him�察�trusting they might both survive
     Till the aid so long expected from the cities should arrive��
     So he searched for food and took it to the gunyah where he found
     Silence broken by his footfalls ´ death and darkness on the ground。

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