I lived from 1868-1930. I was from Australia, and am in the Oceania category.
Popular poetry
- There is a breath at midnight that comes in
Sad as a sigh, for then the day is dead15 lines - Hear me, ye nymphs, and every swain,
I'll tell how Peggy grieves me;34 lines - Her maiden eyes were redolent of love,
Warm-bosomed as she breathed the passionate air26 lines - She was so dear, so fair. Her memory stays,
Even her dying robs me not of this,14 lines - Within time's stress, amid the facts of life,
Not in monastic solitudes, we find2 lines - How poor is comfort when the loss is great,
And vain all counsel to assuage a tear!7 lines - How often our beliefs more than our doubts
Ruin and mar us here, clog the soul's feet,5 lines








