Archibald Thomas Strong High Poems
- 1. Sonnets Of The Empire: Hawk
Great sea dog, fighter in the great old way!
What though thy ships were tinder, and the pest
Rotted thy ruffian crews that need had prest,
And all thy keels were clogged with foul decay,
... - 2. Sonnets Of The Empire:australia, 1902
Gallant is Spring along thy laughing hills,
With wattleĆ¢??s loveliest scent and gleam of gold,
When the good rain hath quickened all thy mould,
And the hot musk thine air with incense fills.
... - 3. Sonnets Of The Empire: Australia 1905
Careless she lies along the Southern Main,
The lovely maiden, wanton with the spell
Of sun and vastness and the ocean swell:
Northward the great gnomes watch her beauty, fain
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