Henry Lawson

“ Corpses, floating round untrodden
Cliffs, where nought but sea-drift strays;
Souls of dead men, in whose faces
Of humanity no trace is —
Not a mark to show their races —
Floating round for days and days. ”

“ Falling, rising, face from me;
God in heaven! stay the gloating,
Mocking singing of the sea!
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