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     Only once since Eve went weeping through a throng of glittering wings��
     Hath the holy seen Hy´Brasil where the great gold river sings��
     Only once by quiet waters�察�under still�察�resplendent skies��

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     Did the sister of the seraphs kneel in sight of Paradise��
     She�察�the pure�察�the perfect woman�察�sanctified by patient prayer��
     Had the eyes of saints of Heaven�察�all their glory in her hair��
     Therefore God the Father whispered to a radiant spirit near ´
     ``Show Our daughter fair Hy´Brasil ´ show her this�察�and lead her here。''


     But beyond the halls of sunset�察�but within the wondrous west��
     On the rose´red seas of evening�察�sails the Garden of the Blest。
     Still the gates of glassy beauty�察�still the walls of glowing light��
     Shine on waves that no man knows of�察�out of sound and out of sight。

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     Yet the slopes and lawns of lustre�察�yet the dells of sparkling streams��
     Dip to tranquil shores of jasper�察�where the watching angel beams。
     But�察�behold�察�our eyes are human�察�and our way is paved with pain��
     We can never find Hy´Brasil�察�never see its hills again��
     Never look on bays of crystal�察�never bend the reverent knee
     In the sight of Eden floating ´ floating on the sapphire sea��


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JIM THE SPLITTER


     The bard who is singing of Wollombi Jim
     Is hardly just now in the requisite trim
         To sit on his Pegasus fairly��
     Besides�察�he is bluntly informed by the Muse
     That Jim is a subject no singer should choose��
         For Jim is poetical rarely。


     But being full up of the myths that are Greek ´
     Of the classic�察�and ``noble�察�and nude�察�and antique��''
          Which means not a rag but the pelt on��
     This poet intends to give Daphne the slip��
     For the sake of a hero in moleskin and kip��
          With a jumper and snake´buckle belt on。


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     No party is Jim of the Pericles type ´
     He is modern right up from the toe to the pipe��
          And being no reader or roamer��
     He hasn't Euripides much in the head��
     And let it be carefully�察�tenderly said��
          He never has analysed Homer。


     He can roar out a song of the twopenny kind��
     But�察�knowing the beggar so well�察�I'm inclined
          To believe that a ``par'' about Kelly��
     The rascal who skulked under shadow of curse��
     Is more in his line than the happiest verse
          On the glittering pages of Shelley。


     You mustn't�察�however�察�adjudge him in haste��
     Because a red robber is more to his taste
          Than Ruskin�察�Rossetti�察�or Dante��
     You see�察�he was bred in a bangalow wood��
     And bangalow pith was the principal food
          His mother served out in her shanty。


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     His knowledge is this ´ he can tell in the dark
     What timber will split by the feel of the bark��
          And rough as his manner of speech is��
     His wits to the fore he can readily bring
     In passing off ash as the genuine thing
          When scarce in the forest the beech is。


     In girthing a tree that he sells ``in the round��''
     He assumes�察�as a rule�察�that the body is sound��
          And measures�察�forgetting to bark it��
     He may be a ninny�察�but still the old dog
     Can plug to perfection the pipe of a log
          And ``palm it'' away on the market。


     He splits a fair shingle�察�but holds to the rule
     Of his father's�察�and�察�haply�察�his grandfather's school��
          Which means that he never has blundered��
     When tying his shingles�察�by slinging in more
     Than the recognized number of ninety and four
          To the bundle he sells for a hundred��


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     When asked by the market for ironbark red��
     It always occurs to the Wollombi head
          To do a ``mahogany'' swindle。
     In forests where never the ironbark grew��
     When Jim is at work�察�it would flabbergast you
          To see how the ``ironbarks'' dwindle。


     He can stick to the saddle�察�can Wollombi Jim��
     And when a buckjumper dispenses with him��
          The leather goes off with the rider。
     And�察�as to a team�察�over gully and hill
     He can travel with twelve on the breadth of a quill
          And boss the unlucky ``offsider。''


     He shines at his best at the tiller of saw��
     On the top of the pit�察�where his whisper is law
          To the gentleman working below him。
     When the pair of them pause in a circle of dust��
     Like a monarch he poses ´ exalted�察�august ´
          There's nothing this planet can show him��


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     For a man is a man who can ``sharpen'' and ``set��''
     And he is the only thing masculine yet
          According to sawyer and splitter ´
     Or rather according to Wollombi Jim��
     And nothing will tempt me to differ from him��
          For Jim is a bit of a hitter。


     But�察�being full up�察�we'll allow him to rip��
     Along with his lingo�察�his saw�察�and his whip ´
          He isn't the classical ``notion��''
     And�察�after a night in his ``humpy��'' you see��
     A person of orthodox habits would be
          Refreshed by a dip in the ocean。


     To tot him right up from the heel to the head��
     He isn't the Grecian of whom we have read ´
          His face is a trifle too shady。
     The nymph in green valleys of Thessaly dim
     Would never ``jack up'' her old lover for him��
          For she has the tastes of a lady。


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     So much for our hero� �A statuesque foot
     Would suffer by wearing that heavy´nailed boot ´
          Its owner is hardly Achilles。
     However�察�he's happy� �He cuts a great ``fig''
     In the land where a coat is no part of the ``rig'' ´
          In the country of damper and ``billies。''


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MOONI

��Written in the Shadow of 1872�� 


     AH�察�to be by Mooni now��
     Where the great dark hills of wonder��
     Scarred with storm and cleft asunder
     By the strong sword of the thunder��
          Make a night on morning's brow��
     Just to stand where Nature's face is
     Flushed with power in forest places ´
     Where of God authentic trace is ´
          Ah�察�to be by Mooni now��


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          Just to be by Mooni's springs��
     There to stand�察�the shining sharer
     Of that larger life�察�and rarer
     Beauty caught from beauty fairer
          Than the human face of things��
     Soul of mine from sin abhorrent
     Fain would hide by flashing current��
     Like a sister of the torrent��
          Far away by Mooni's springs。


          He that is by Mooni now��
     Sees the water´sapphires gleaming
     Where the River Spirit�察�dreaming��
     Sleeps by fall and fountain streaming
          Under lute of leaf and bough ´
     Hears�察�where stamp of storm with stress is��
     Psalms from unseen wildernesses
     Deep amongst far hill´recesses ´
          He that is by Mooni now。


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          Yea�察�for him by Mooni's marge
     Sings the yellow´haired September��
     With the face the gods remember
     When the ridge is burnt to ember��
          And the dumb sea chains the barge��
     Where the mount like molten brass is��
     Down beneath fern´feathered passes��
     Noonday dew in cool green grasses
          Gleams on him by Mooni's marge。


          Who that dwells by Mooni yet��
     Feels�察�in flowerful forest arches��
     Smiting wings and breath that parches
     Where strong Summer's path of march is��
          And the suns in thunder set��
     Housed beneath the gracious kirtle
     Of the shadowy water myrtle��
     Winds may hiss with heat�察�and hurtle ´
          He is safe by Mooni yet��


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          Days there were when he who sings
     ��Dumb so long through passion's losses��
     Stood where Mooni's water crosses
     Shining tracts of green´haired mosses��
          Like a soul with radiant wings��
     Then the psalm the wind rehearses ´
     Then the song the stream disperses
     Lent a beauty to his verses��
          Who to´night of Mooni sings。


          Ah�察�the theme ´ the sad�察�grey theme��
     Certain days are not above me��
     Certain hearts have ceased to love me��
     Certain fancies fail to move me
          Like the affluent morning dream。
     Head whereon the white is stealing��
     Heart whose hurts are past all healing��
     Where is now the first pure feeling��
          Ah�察�the theme ´ the sad�察�grey theme��


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          Sin and shame have left their trace��
     He who mocks the mighty�察�gracious
     Love of Christ�察�with eyes audacious��
     Hunting after fires fallacious��
          Wears the issue in his face。
     Soul that flouted gift and Giver��
     Like the broken Persian river��
     Thou hast lost thy strength for ever��
          Sin and shame have left their trace。


          In the years that used to be��
     When the large�察�supreme occasion
     Brought the life of inspiration��
     Like a god's transfiguration
          Was the shining change in me。
     Then�察�where Mooni's glory glances��
     Clear�察�diviner countenances
     Beamed on me like blessed chances��
          In the years that used to be。


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          Ah�察�the beauty of old ways��
     Then the man who so resembled
     Lords of light unstained�察�unhumbled��
     Touched the skirts of Christ�察�nor trembled
          At the grand benignant gaze��
     Now he shrinks before the splendid
     Face of Deity offended��
     All the loveliness is ended��
          All the beauty of old ways��


          Still to be by Mooni cool ´
     Where the water´blossoms glister��
     And�察�by gleaming vale and vista��
     Sits the English April's sister
          Soft and sweet and wonderful。
     Just to rest beyond the burning
     Outer world ´ its sneers and spurning ´
     Ah� �my heart ´ my heart is yearning
          Still to be by Mooni cool��


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          Now�察�by Mooni's fair hill heads��
     Lo�察�the gold green lights are glowing��
     Where�察�because no wind is blowing��
     Fancy hears the flowers growing
          In the herby watersheds��
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