Barcroft Henry Thomas Boake

“ Why doth she turn, but come again and feverishly twine,
To shield it from the burning sun, the fragrant fronds of pine?
Why, as she strides the platform, does she try hard not to think
That somewhere in the scrub a babe is calling her for drink? ”

“ Carries a white-faced woman back to face the world again.
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