Jennings Carmichael

“ Something stall remains of Nature,
Thoughts of other days to bring,—
For the staunch old trees are standing,
And I hear the wild birds sing!
This work is in the public domain in Australia because it was created in Australia and the term of copyright has expired. ”

“ I kneel alone in the red fire-glow,
And hear the wings of the wind sweep by;
You are out afar in the night, I know.
And the sough of the wind is like a cry.
You are out afar—and I wait within,
A grave-eyed woman whose pulse is slow ”

“ And the olive rushes, leaning
All their pointed spears to cast
Slender shadows on the roadway,
While the faint, slow wind creeps past.
Ancient ruts grown in with grasses,
Soft old hollows filled with rain ”