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     Thou hast at thy heart the dark truth that I borrow
     For the song that I sing thee�察�no fanciful sorrow��
     In the sight of thine eyes is the history written
     Of Love smitten down as the strong leaf is smitten��
     And before thee there goeth a phantom beseeching
     For faculties forfeited ´ hopes beyond reaching。


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     Thou knowest�察�O sister of deities blazing
     With splendour ineffable�察�beauty amazing��
     What life the gods gave me ´ what largess I tasted ´
     The youth thrown away�察�and the faculties wasted。
     I might�察�as thou seest�察�have stood in high places��
     Instead of in pits where the brand of disgrace is��
     A byword for scoffers ´ a butt and a caution��
     With the grave of poor Burns and Maginn for my portion。


     But the heart of the Father Supreme is offended��
     And my life in the light of His favour is ended��
     And�察�whipped by inflexible devils�察�I shiver��
     With a hollow ``Too late'' in my hearing for ever��
     But thou ´ being sinless�察�exalted�察�supernal��
     The daughter of diademed gods�察�the eternal ´
     Shalt shine in thy waters when time and existence
     Have dwindled�察�like stars�察�in unspeakable distance。


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     But the face of thy river ´ the torrented power
     That smites at the rock while it fosters the flower ´
     Shall gleam in my dreams with the summer´look splendid��
     And the beauty of woodlands and waterfalls blended��
     And often I'll think of far´forested noises��
     And the emphasis deep of grand sea´going voices��
     And turn to Narrara the eyes of a lover��
     When the sorrowful days of my singing are over。


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IN MEMORY OF JOHN FAIRFAX

WRITTEN AFTER READING A TOUCHING POEM BY MRS BROWNING


     BECAUSE this man fulfilled his days��
     Like one who walks with steadfast gaze
     Averted from forbidden ways
         With lures of fair�察�false flowerage deep��
     Behold the Lord whose throne is dim
     With fires of flaming seraphim ´
     The Christ that suffered sent for him��
         ``He giveth His beloved sleep。''


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     Think not that souls whose deeds august
     Put sin to shame and make men just
     Become at last the helpless dust
         That wintering winds through waste´lands sweep��
     The higher life within us cries��
     Like some fine spirit from the skies��
     ``The Father's blessing on us lies ´
         `He giveth His beloved sleep。'''


     Not human sleep ´ the fitful rest
     With evil shapes of dreams distressed�察 �
     But perfect quiet�察�unexpressed
         By any worldly word we keep。
     The dim Hereafter framed in creeds
     May not be this�察�but He who reads
     Our lives�察�sets flowers on wayside weeds ´
         ``He giveth His beloved sleep。''


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     Be sure this hero who has passed
     The human space ´ the outer vast ´
     Who worked in harness to the last��
         Doth now a hallowed harvest reap。
     Love sees his grave�察�nor turns away ´
     The eyes of faith are like the day��
     And grief has not a word to say ´
         ``He giveth His beloved sleep。''


     That fair�察�rare spirit�察�Honour�察�throws
     A light�察�which puts to shame the rose��
     Across his grave�察�because she knows
         The son whose ashes it doth keep��
     And�察�like far music�察�this is heard ´
     ``Behold the man who never stirred��
     By word of his�察�an angry word�  �
         `He giveth His beloved sleep。'''


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     He earned his place。 Within his hands��
     The power which counsels and commands��
     And shapes the social life of lands��
         Became a blessing pure and deep。

          Note��The Press



     Through thirty years of turbulence
     Our thoughts were sweetened with a sense
     Of his benignant influence ´
         ``He giveth His beloved sleep。''


     No splendid talents�察�which excite
     Like music�察�songs�察�or floods of light��
     Were his�察�but�察�rather�察�all those bright��
         Calm qualities of soul which reap
     A mute�察�but certain�察�fine respect��
     Not only from a source elect��
     But from the hearts of every sect ´
         ``He giveth His beloved sleep。''


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     He giveth His beloved rest��
     The faithful soul that onward pressed��
     Unswerving�察�from Life's east to west��
         By paths austere and passes steep��
     Is past all toil�察�and�察�over Death��
     With reverent hands and prayerful breath��
     I plant this flower�察�alive with faith ´
         ``He giveth His beloved sleep。''


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ARALUEN


     TAKE this rose�察�and very gently place it on the tender�察�deep
     Mosses where our little darling�察�Araluen�察�lies asleep。
     Put the blossom close to baby ´ kneel with me�察�my love�察�and pray��
     We must leave the bird we've buried ´ say good´bye to her to´day。
     In the shadow of our trouble we must go to other lands��
     And the flowers we have fostered will be left to other hands��
     Other eyes will watch them growing ´ other feet will softly tread

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     Where two hearts are nearly breaking�察�where so many tears are shed。
     Bitter is the world we live in�此�life and love are mixed with pain��
     We will never see these daisies ´ never water them again。


     Ah� �the saddest thought in leaving baby in this bush alone
     Is that we have not been able on her grave to place a stone��
     We have been too poor to do it�察�but�察�my darling�察�never mind ´
     God is in the gracious heavens�察�and His sun and rain are kind��
     They will dress the spot with beauty�察�they will make the grasses grow��
     Many winds will lull our birdie�察�many songs will come and go。

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     Here the blue´eyed Spring will linger�察�here the shining month will stay��
     Like a friend�察�by Araluen�察�when we two are far away��
     But beyond the wild�察�wide waters�察�we will tread another shore ´
     We will never watch this blossom�察�never see it any more。


     Girl�察�whose hand at God's high altar in the dear�察�dead year I pressed��
     Lean your stricken head upon me ´ this is still your lover's breast��
     She who sleeps was first and sweetest ´ none we have to take her place��
     Empty is the little cradle ´ absent is the little face。
     Other children may be given�察�but this rose beyond recall��
     But this garland of your girlhood�察�will be dearest of them all。

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     None will ever�察�Araluen�察�nestle where you used to be��
     In my heart of hearts�察�you darling�察�when the world was new to me��
     We were young when you were with us�察�life and love were happy things
     To your father and your mother ere the angels gave you wings。


     You that sit and sob beside me ´ you�察�upon whose golden head
     Many rains of many sorrows have from day to day been shed��
     Who because your love was noble�察�faced with me the lot austere
     Ever pressing with its hardship on the man of letters here ´
     Let me feel that you are near me�察�lay your hand within mine own��

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     You are all I have to live for�察�now that we are left alone。
     Three there were�察�but one has vanished。 Sins of mine have made you weep��
     But forgive your baby's father now that baby is asleep。
     Let us go�察�for night is falling�察�leave the darling with her flowers��
     Other hands will come and tend them ´ other friends in other hours。


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THE SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

             ��A Prize Poem published with the kind permission of the
 Proprietors of the ``Sydney Morning Herald''��


     NOW�察�while Orion�察�flaming south�察�doth set
     A shining foot on hills of wind and wet ´
     Far haughty hills beyond the fountains cold
     And dells of glimmering greenness manifold ´
     While August sings the advent of the Spring��
     And in the calm is heard September's wing��
     The lordly voice of song I ask of thee��
     High�察�deathless radiance ´ crowned Calliope��
     What though we never hear the great god's lays
     Which made all music the Hellenic days ´

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     What though the face of thy fair heaven beams
     Still only on the crystal Grecian streams ´
     What though a sky of new�察�strange beauty shines
     Where no white Dryad sings within the pines��
     Here is a land whose large�察�imperial grace
     Must tempt thee�察�goddess�察�in thine holy place��
     Here are the dells of peace and plenilune��
     The hills of morning and the slopes of noon��
     Here are the waters dear to days of blue��
     And dark´green hollows of the noontide dew��
     Here lies the harp�察�by fragrant wood´winds fanned��
     That waits the coming of thy quickening hand��
     And shall Australia�察�framed and set in sea��
     August with glory�察�wait in vain for thee��
     Shall more than Tempe's beauty be unsung
     Because its shine is strange ´ its colours young��
     No� �by the full�察�live light which puts to shame
     The far�察�fair splendours of Thessalian flame ´
     By yonder forest psalm which sinks and swells
     Like that of Phocis�察�grave with oracles ´

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     By deep prophetic winds that come and go
     Where whispering springs of pondering mountains flow ´
     By lute´like leaves and many´languaged caves��
     Where sounds the strong hosanna of the waves��
     This great new majesty shall not remain
     Unhonoured by the high immortal strain��
     Soon�察�soon�察�the music of the southern lyre
     Shall start and blossom with a speech like fire��
     Soon�察�soon�察�shall flower and flow in flame divine
     Thy songs�察�Apollo�察�and Euterpe�察�thine��
     Strong�察�shining sons of Delphicus shall rise
     With all their father's glory in their eyes��
     And then shall beam on yonder slopes and springs
     The light that swims upon the light of things。
     And therefore�察�lingering in a land of lawn��
     I�察�standing here�察�a singer of the dawn
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