[Editor: This poem by William Blocksidge (also known as William Baylebridge) was published in Songs o’ the South (1908).] VIII. My Love is a Country Lass My Love, my Love is a country lass! A country lass is she! As over the heather We ride together, O, what care … [Read more...] about My Love is a Country Lass [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
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To ———— [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
[Editor: This poem by William Blocksidge (also known as William Baylebridge) was published in Songs o’ the South (1908).] VII. TO ———— For thee might lutes Arcadian sound their lays, And nymphs in shady groves fair chaplets bind; Yet would thy loveliness in less be … [Read more...] about To ———— [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
My Amorette [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
[Editor: This poem by William Blocksidge (also known as William Baylebridge) was published in Songs o’ the South (1908).] VI. My Amorette As merry is my Amorette, A maiden dear to me, As is the sportive rivulet That plays along the lea; And no one knows A flower … [Read more...] about My Amorette [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
The Sacred Flame [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
[Editor: This poem by William Blocksidge (also known as William Baylebridge) was published in Songs o’ the South (1908).] V. The Sacred Flame I looked upon a maiden’s breast; It seemed to me a holy fane, Whose sacrificial fires did wrest, By turns, my peace and … [Read more...] about The Sacred Flame [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
With a Rose [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
[Editor: This poem by William Blocksidge (also known as William Baylebridge) was published in Songs o’ the South (1908).] IV. With a Rose Dear maid, I send this rose to thee That it may tell thy love for me; And pray that next thy heaving breast, As did my heart, … [Read more...] about With a Rose [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
To Love [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
[Editor: This poem by William Blocksidge (also known as William Baylebridge) was published in Songs o’ the South (1908).] III. To Love Goddess of the Night and Day, Of each man and thing, Thou canst bear the light away And the morning bring — Germ of Day and germ … [Read more...] about To Love [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
Winter in Spring [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
[Editor: This poem by William Blocksidge (also known as William Baylebridge) was published in Songs o’ the South (1908).] II. Winter in Spring My Love, my Love, the warbler’s above; The woods with his lays are ringing; On bending bough, all little birds now Their … [Read more...] about Winter in Spring [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
A Prayer [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
[Editor: This poem by William Blocksidge (also known as William Baylebridge) was published in Songs o’ the South (1908). This composition was the first in the section “Heart-Songs”.] HEART-SONGS I. A Prayer Love, in thine eyes I look, and see Much tenderness, alone … [Read more...] about A Prayer [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
My Love [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
[Editor: This poem by William Blocksidge (also known as William Baylebridge) was published in Songs o’ the South (1908).] My Love My Love is as fair as the flowers When Spring all her treasure is strowing! My Love is as sweet as the showers When November has buds all … [Read more...] about My Love [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
A Fool to His Folly [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
[Editor: This poem by William Blocksidge (also known as William Baylebridge) was published in Songs o’ the South (1908).] A Fool to His Folly Metté, coy and careless made By admiring glances, paid In too plentiful a fashion, Pretty Folly, have compassion! Have … [Read more...] about A Fool to His Folly [poem by William Blocksidge (William Baylebridge)]
Green Gravel [poem by E. J. Brady]
[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Green Gravel. Green gravel, green gravel, the grass is so green The fairest young lady that ever I’ve seen — Children’s Rhyme. Oh Molly, when the grass was green, When I was King and you … [Read more...] about Green Gravel [poem by E. J. Brady]
Sealed With a Kiss [poem, 21 April 1933]
[Editor: A poem published in the Narromine News and Trangie Advocate, 21 April 1933.] Sealed With a Kiss. “Sealed with a kiss” on the envelope Somebody sent to me; Traced underneath was a lily bud, As a symbol of purity. For the lily is ever the purest flower That in … [Read more...] about Sealed With a Kiss [poem, 21 April 1933]
On the Occasion of Meeting a Young Lady at the Last Public Ball [poem, 2 May 1829]
[Editor: A poem published in Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, 2 May 1829.] On the Occasion of Meeting a Young Lady at the Last Public Ball. Alone in her beauty, and bright as the morning, Which dawns every day on our tropical coast, She mov’d; — every … [Read more...] about On the Occasion of Meeting a Young Lady at the Last Public Ball [poem, 2 May 1829]