Bells and Hobbles (E. J. Brady 1911)

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Western Road. My camp was by the Western Road — so new and yet so old — The track the bearded diggers trod in roaring days of old; The road Macquarie and his wife, a hundred years … [Read more...] about The Western Road [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Comrades. Comrade mine, beyond the Shadow, Lies our Land of Eldorado, Lies our Aidenn fair and free; All the wide Australia’s glory, All her nature-song and story, Shall belong to you and … [Read more...] about Comrades [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Doers. They gathered on the strand, with a hatchet in the hand — And the same was made of stone — They pointed mammoth spears at the Puzzle of the Years In the primal dusk alone. They … [Read more...] about The Doers [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] On Sand. An ebb-tide, falling, bared the white, Hard beach; where, in the sun, I walked betimes, in mood to write Of all my knowledge won, From life and death, one song which might At least … [Read more...] about On Sand [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Bushland Call. To-night, dear heart, I hear the Call, The Call that never leaves me. The old Bush lullabies and all The song that glads, yet grieves me. In bitter joy, in pleasant … [Read more...] about The Bushland Call [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Beach. Like Cleopatra’s neck incurved, Or Phryne’s arms of snow, From Bastion Rock to Gabo swerved And bended as a bow; It offers to the Austral sun It’s miles of silvern sand, In … [Read more...] about The Beach [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] South of Gabo. The young gales hatch below the Snares; As fledglings wild, uncouth, A fierce Antarctic dam prepares Their flight of fear and ruth. From icy nests on crags forlorn, And … [Read more...] about South of Gabo [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Yamba. High Northern suns their brazen shields, Like warriors, hang above the fields Where Sultan Summer frankly yields His plenteous boon; Like nautch girls dance the naked days Down … [Read more...] about Yamba [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] White Rose. Once in a garden wondrous fair — Do you remember yet? — We drank the sweet, seductive air Of musk and mignonette. For you and me the flowers and The leaves their glories … [Read more...] about White Rose [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Quest of No Avail. It was starlight on Euphrates, o’er a thousand years ago, And a Dreamer by the River watched its silken, silver flow. “Give,” he cried, “my Idol to me, from thy … [Read more...] about The Quest of No Avail [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Keira. When Youth, a callow Knight untried, With golden spurs to win, Rode bright in armor at his side, And, all his Soul within, Love sang him on a harp apart A song of young desire — He, … [Read more...] about Keira [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Dead Tree. It knew a life of leaf and bough That sapless stands, laid naked now To Time’s cold scorning. Once, in its deep, ambrosial shade, The Wind, a wizard Harper, played By night … [Read more...] about The Dead Tree [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Daughter of the North. ’Tis pleasant where the Harbor meets These Southern waters blue; There’s joy of life in Melbourne streets, From Carlton unto Kew. Fair Adelaide, beneath her … [Read more...] about Daughter of the North [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Dreamers too. We have lived long years for a white-robed dream — The dream of Australia fair, With the vine and corn by her hill and stream, And the sunshine in her hair; And the plain and … [Read more...] about Dreamers too [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Incentive. Let lean Ambition seek its goal; fat Wealth its hoard increase, Sour Vanity achieve its gauds, and social triumphs please Dyspeptic dames and feline fops; — beneath the aching … [Read more...] about Incentive [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Flame Tree. Drab-feathered birds of sorrow Droop no dull wings of Care; Nor doth a sere To-morrow, Red droughts, malign, prepare When Spring with Illawarra Makes compact green and … [Read more...] about The Flame Tree [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Ringy Ringy Rosy. “Ringy ringy rosy,” the morning skies are blue, And yonder by the slip-rails your sweetheart waits for you. The lizards on the fences are basking in the sun, The Wintertime … [Read more...] about Ringy Ringy Rosy [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Far and Wide. I’ll call you to the Beaches, And you shall bide with me, Along the river reaches And by the open Sea. Far and wide I have to wander, Far and wide and to and fro; ’Cross … [Read more...] about Far and Wide [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] O’Meara’s Well. Twenty miles from any township, twenty miles on either track, Lay the holding of O’Meara, in the myall, ’way out back; Five and fifty hundred acres “dogleg” fenced and partly … [Read more...] about O’Meara’s Well [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Red River. Here wave and rock their conflict fine For ever loudly wage: Here writes the Ocean, line by line Along a plastic page, His lyric of a mood divine, Then blots it out in … [Read more...] about Red River [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Book. Before me gleams a Volume, rare, And radiant to behold; With picture-poems painted, fair, In lines of green and gold. That Great Raphael, who moulds the flower, And stains the … [Read more...] about The Book [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] The Day the Mailman Comes. When Mabel puts her hair in trim, And Sis her brooches wears; When Emma, in the firelight dim, The floury scone prepares; And at the sliprails brother Jim Across … [Read more...] about The Day the Mailman Comes [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Night in the Bush. Now, like a curtain through the trees, By Nubian fingers drawn, Dusk closes in. And by degrees, On hillward slope and lawn, The shadows lengthen, spread, and fade In … [Read more...] about Night in the Bush [poem by E. J. Brady]