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Book: The Secret Key and Other Verses

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  • Ad Astra
    Weary was I of Earth. My body lay,
    Its fires turned down and slaked to faintest heat.
    104 lines, 1 comment
  • Adrift: A Brisbane River Reverie
    An amphitheatre of purple hills
    And emerald slopes where nestling villas gleam,
    32 lines, 1 comment
  • Altiora Peto
    O for a vision of the perfect light
    To shame the splendour of the morning star!
    48 lines
  • The Crown Of Empire
    Free is the wind that lashes into foam
    The fortress waves that gird the Sea-King’s home
    74 lines
  • At The Base Hospital
    The willows sweep the water, and the rushes lean a-down,
        And I see the river shining far away,
    33 lines
  • The Dream Star
    Whisper, O wings of the wind! Sing me your song, O sea!
    Grey is the weary world, and grey is the heart of me!
    32 lines, 1 comment
  • Australia
    Earth's mightiest isle. She stands alone.
    The wide seas wash around Her throne,
    39 lines, 1 comment
  • The Dead Democrat
    The roar and rush of life sweeps on;
    Still shines the sun as once it shone:
    18 lines
  • The Average Man
    His hat looks worn, and his coat-sleeves shine,
    As I see him step from his ’bus at nine;
    32 lines
  • A Commonplace Song
    Ebbs and flows the restless river
    In the city street
    72 lines
  • Brunton Stephens
    The gentle heart that hated wrong,
    The courage that all ills withstood,
    24 lines
  • Cymru
    Dim in the mist of ages, seeking a resting-place,
    Broke on the shores of Britain the wave of an Aryan race.
    88 lines, 1 comment
  • “But the Greatest of These is Charity”
    White faces turn to us again
    Sad eyes from out their veils of clay:
    16 lines
  • The Doves Of Venus
    The dull earth swung in silence o’er,
        A dreamless world, a dreary star,
    23 lines
  • By The Sea
    Bright skies of summer o’er the deep,
    And soft salt air along the land,
    36 lines, 1 comment
  • The Secret Key
    There is a magic kingdom of strange powers,
    Thought-hidden, lit by other stars than ours;
    28 lines
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