The Straight Goer
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Last night I walked among the lamps that gleamed,
And saw a shadow on a window blind,
A moving shadow; and the picture seemed
To call some scene to mind.
I looked again; a dark form to and fro
Swayed softly as to music full of rest,
Bent low, bent lower: — Still I did not know.
And then, at last, I guessed.
And through the night came all old memories flocking,
White memories like the snowflakes round me whirled.
“All’s well!” I said; “The mothers still sit rocking
The cradles of the world!”
William Henry Ogilvie
William Henry Ogilvie (1869-1963) was a Scottish-Australian poet and author who is known for his poetry about the Australian Outback. His works include "Fair Girls and Gray Horses" and "The Australian Horseman". Ogilvie was also a horseman and cattle rancher in Australia, and his experiences on the ranch served as inspiration for his poetry.