Poems

The love in her eyes lay sleeping The love in her eyes lay sleeping, As stars that unconscious shine, Till, under the pink lids peeping, I […]

A Sonnet of Battle RELUCTANT Morn, whose meagre radiance lies With doubtful glimmer on the farthest hills, How long shall men, reiterant of their ills, With […]

Australia 1894 SHE sits a queen whom none shall dare despoil, Her crown the sun, her guard the vigilant sea, And round her throne are gathered, […]

Australia Infelix HOW long, O Lord, shall this, my country, be A nation of the dead? How long shall they Who seek their own and live […]

Australian Federation FROM all division let our land be free, For God has made her one: complete she lies Within the unbroken circle of the skies, […]

Life From 1835 to 1851 And, now, a vacancy occurs, For very nearly sixteen years, In which I’d not the least desire, To strike the harp […]

No My Friends No! Hail foes to oppression, and lovers of freedom! Your day has arrived, and your power you know:- This host of timeservers, I’m […]

Primroses They shine upon my table there, A constellation mimic sweet, No stars in Heaven could shine more fair, Nor Earth has beauty more complete; And […]

The Crazy World THE WORLD did say to me, ‘My bread thou shalt not eat, I have no place for thee In house nor field nor […]

The Ex Official’s Lament Alas alas! my power is gone; I thought ‘twould last for ever; But now ’tis over, I must own, They’ve done it […]