Jessie Mackay Year Poems
- 1. Ortygia
IN Ortygia the Dawn land the old gods dwell,
And the silverâ??s yet a-quiver on the old wizard well
By the milk-white walls of the Temple of the Moon,
Where the Dawn Maids hallow the red godsâ?? tune,
... - 2. Song Of The Driftweed
HEREâ??S to the home that was never, never ours!
Toast it full and fairly when the winter lowers.
Speak ye low, my merry men, sitting at your ease;
Harken to the homeless Drift in the roaring seas!
... - 3. October In New Zealand
O JUNE has her diamonds, her diamonds of sheen,
Meet for a queen-s neck, if Death had e-er a queen!
June has her blue days, jewels of delight,
Set in the ivory of Alp-land white,-
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