[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] Star-Set All night the stars have sped across The paddock-lands of sky ; With shining eyes and manes a-toss They swung in squadrons by. Within the thicket of the winds They … [Read more...] about Star-Set [poem by Grant Hervey]
Australians Yet and Other Verses (Grant Hervey 1913)
Leaving the Town ! [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] Leaving the Town ! So we’ve come to the end of our tether, and our cheque is expended at last ; Who have lolled for the last months together in the bars where we sit now aghast … [Read more...] about Leaving the Town ! [poem by Grant Hervey]
The Whirligig of Time [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] The Whirligig of Time A ballade of the whirligig, built up with bricks of verse ! Sing hey the gladsome whirligig, the bassinet, the hearse ! The rhymesters once knocked flat … [Read more...] about The Whirligig of Time [poem by Grant Hervey]
The Coal-Ships [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] The Coal-Ships With freeboards low do the coal-ships go — Black tanks with a freight of death ; They are crazed and old, and have gasped and rolled Long years with a scanty … [Read more...] about The Coal-Ships [poem by Grant Hervey]
My Creed [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] My Creed My hat comes off when ’mid the aisles of stately gums I slowly walk ; Grand colonnades and peristyles, with green entablatures that talk ! The whispering leaves that … [Read more...] about My Creed [poem by Grant Hervey]
The Driver [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] The Driver Whene’er I see a chariot go speeding near or far, I yearn to grasp life’s lariat — to stand upon a star ! To yoke the thews and brains of things : to make a team of … [Read more...] about The Driver [poem by Grant Hervey]
Lips and Stars [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] Lips and Stars Stars on the beach a-gleaming — Tears in her dark, sweet eyes ; Clouds in the sky fields dreaming ; Lips that are soft with sighs. Hearts that are nigh to … [Read more...] about Lips and Stars [poem by Grant Hervey]
Among The Thieves [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] Among The Thieves There’s a section of the city which has barred its doors to pity — Which exists by rule of Chitty and by Act of Parliament ; There the lawyer and the agent … [Read more...] about Among The Thieves [poem by Grant Hervey]
Thro’ Storm and Gloom [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] Thro’ Storm and Gloom ’Tis care and sorrow that try love, And declare it false or true ; Will the stars in the eyes of thy love Shine aye with a steadfast hue ? For ’tis only … [Read more...] about Thro’ Storm and Gloom [poem by Grant Hervey]
His Monument [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] His Monument A paltry hundred pounds — £100,000 was expected — have been subscribed in M.L. for the Seddon Memorial. What need has he for carven stone — what need for granite … [Read more...] about His Monument [poem by Grant Hervey]
The Passing of Captain Banks [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] The Passing of Captain Banks [Captain James Banks, the “Old Man” of the Australasian mercantile marine, died last year, after fifty years’ service at sea.] There’s an island … [Read more...] about The Passing of Captain Banks [poem by Grant Hervey]
“When The Doctor Will Not Come” [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] “When The Doctor Will Not Come” In the dark I see him ride, Down the track two arms-lengths wide, Loping sadly, loping slowly thro’ the constant-falling rain. Branches strike … [Read more...] about “When The Doctor Will Not Come” [poem by Grant Hervey]
Back to the Bush [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] Back to the Bush It is good, now and then, to turn back from the city, Aye, to leave all its worry and travail and rush ; To speed forth where the gums in majestic … [Read more...] about Back to the Bush [poem by Grant Hervey]
Going Blind [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] Going Blind Is this the end of every hope, Of all the plans I made, To shut mine eyes and sadly grope Through life in gloom arrayed ? No more to see the shining stars, No … [Read more...] about Going Blind [poem by Grant Hervey]
A Vagabond Heart [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] A Vagabond Heart There are vagabond lovers a-wander Out there where the stars seem to ponder, As they shine in the sky’s curving dome ; There are hearts that have strayed from … [Read more...] about A Vagabond Heart [poem by Grant Hervey]
The Need For Men [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] The Need For Men The world needs Men — the world needs earnest fighters, Strong men endowed with granite wills ; The world needs scribes — needs grim, defiant writers Whose ink … [Read more...] about The Need For Men [poem by Grant Hervey]
“The Man You Might Have Been” [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] “The Man You Might Have Been” There’s a fearsome lot of pages filled by pessimistic sages — Men who sing glad songs no longer, but deplore the festive scene ; And these scribes … [Read more...] about “The Man You Might Have Been” [poem by Grant Hervey]
In Praise of Children [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] In Praise of Children Give me the kids for comrades — I’m tired of politicians, I’m weary of the wantons, and hard-eyed men of trade ; Call in a troop of children — dear, … [Read more...] about In Praise of Children [poem by Grant Hervey]
Mulga-Land [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] Mulga-Land Land of stars and stunted gum, where the crawling camels come To the “soaks” at night, like phantoms freighted down with pain and woe ; Land of lustre and of love, … [Read more...] about Mulga-Land [poem by Grant Hervey]
Five Years [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] Five Years I never see a woman, save To look upon and love her — When I am hidden in my grave I’ll wake when girls pass over. When ladies tread The earth o’erhead I’ll stir … [Read more...] about Five Years [poem by Grant Hervey]
Ballad of the Drums [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] Ballad of the Drums Lo ! the thresher-drums are booming ’mid the hills at early morning — ’Tis the wheat that’s rolling mill-ward in a tawny, yellow stream ! Near the dawn our … [Read more...] about Ballad of the Drums [poem by Grant Hervey]
The Night I Spent in Quod [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] The Night I Spent in Quod I spent a night in Quod last year — in plain, unvarnished Quod ; And I shall marshal swiftly here the myriad thoughts which trod Across my brain that … [Read more...] about The Night I Spent in Quod [poem by Grant Hervey]
The Gods and the Girls [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] The Gods and the Girls There’s a toast that has waited proposing Since the first wine was pressed from the grape ; ’Tis a toast better far than the prosing Of the King and the … [Read more...] about The Gods and the Girls [poem by Grant Hervey]
Upon The Hills [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] Upon The Hills There is a nobler, purer air Upon the Hills ; An atmosphere — a breath so rare My being thrills With the delights of living ! There is no rancour and no strife … [Read more...] about Upon The Hills [poem by Grant Hervey]
Australians Yet [poem by Grant Hervey]
[Editor: This poem by Grant Hervey was published in Australians Yet and Other Verses, 1913.] Australians Yet I saw a Track shine out across The weariness and strife, And on it marched a Band that was The Vanguard of our Life. A small but loyal troop of men, With … [Read more...] about Australians Yet [poem by Grant Hervey]