AN AUSTRALIAN GIRL
In sports she bears away the bell,
Nor, under music’s siren spell,
To dance divinely, flirt as well,
Does she disdain.
Nor, under music’s siren spell,
To dance divinely, flirt as well,
Does she disdain.
A SONG OF SYDNEY
(1894)
High headlands all jealously hide thee,
O fairest of sea-girdled towns!
Thine Ocean-spouse smileth beside thee,
While each headland threatens and frowns.
Like Venice, upheld on sea-pinion,
And fated to reign o’er the free,
Thou wearest, in sign of dominion,
The zone of the sea.
O fairest of sea-girdled towns!
Thine Ocean-spouse smileth beside thee,
While each headland threatens and frowns.
Like Venice, upheld on sea-pinion,
And fated to reign o’er the free,
Thou wearest, in sign of dominion,
The zone of the sea.
No winter thy fertile slope hardens,
O new Florence, set in the South!
All lands give their flowers to thy gardens,
That glow to thy bright harbour’s mouth;
The waratah and England’s red roses
With stately magnolias entwine,
Gay sunflowers fill sea-scented closes,
All sweet with woodbine.
O new Florence, set in the South!
All lands give their flowers to thy gardens,
That glow to thy bright harbour’s mouth;
The waratah and England’s red roses
With stately magnolias entwine,
Gay sunflowers fill sea-scented closes,
All sweet with woodbine.
Thy harbour’s fair flower-crowned islands
See flags of all countries unfurled.
Thou smilest from green, sunlit highlands
To open thine arms to the world!
See flags of all countries unfurled.
Thou smilest from green, sunlit highlands
To open thine arms to the world!
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