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The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (Marie E. J. Pitt 1911)

City Hunger [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

25 April 2014 · Leave a Comment

[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] City Hunger. A tent ’neath the gum trees? — O No! No! Give me the stream of which I am part — The red stream filling the old world’s heart With life and laughter, … [Read more...] about City Hunger [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Marie Pitt (1869-1948) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (Marie E. J. Pitt 1911), year1911

The Keening [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] The Keening. We are the women and children Of the men that mined for gold: Heavy are we with sorrow, Heavy as heart can hold; Galled are we with injustice, Sick … [Read more...] about The Keening [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: labour poetry, Marie Pitt (1869-1948) (author), poem, recommended poetry, SourceArchiveOrg, The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (Marie E. J. Pitt 1911), year1911

Look Up [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Look Up. O phantom bars and futile bands! O fettered feet of clay! O blind unfaith and folded hands! The East is growing grey. Look up! Hope’s rainbow hangs … [Read more...] about Look Up [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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Phases [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Phases. Just a flush of pleasure And a flash of pain For a half-guessed treasure Found and lost again: Faery fancies flocking, Hopes and fears astart, That’s … [Read more...] about Phases [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: good poetry, Marie Pitt (1869-1948) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (Marie E. J. Pitt 1911), year1911

Hamilton [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Hamilton. Wild and wet, and windy wet falls the night on Hamilton, Hamilton that seaward looks unto the setting sun, Lady of the patient face, lifted … [Read more...] about Hamilton [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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Ta-Mahinna [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Ta-Mahinna. Moon islands out in the shimmering splendour Of the moon’s white pathway of silver fire; Moon shadows touching a dream-world tender — O Ta-Mahinna! O … [Read more...] about Ta-Mahinna [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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Prescience [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Prescience. One red rose bud upon Life’s thorny tree, Like a closed gate unto dominions bright, Which Time shall open with his Key of light, Beside that gate I … [Read more...] about Prescience [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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Soul Ferry [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Soul Ferry. There’s a mist upon the river Where it runs by Peopletown — (O the ferry by the river — O the swiftly-running sands!) O the ghostly winds … [Read more...] about Soul Ferry [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Marie Pitt (1869-1948) (author), poem, poetry about death, SourceArchiveOrg, The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (Marie E. J. Pitt 1911), year1911

Crooked River [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Crooked River. A league o’ brown with lights o’ gold, And, ’gainst blue sky’s resistance, Far hilltops gleaming white and cold Across the purple … [Read more...] about Crooked River [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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La Misere [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] La Misere. O black Sargasso! choked lagoon where rot The human wrecks by Fortune’s backwash hurled From out the pulsing man-seas of the World To hide as things … [Read more...] about La Misere [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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A Fragment [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] A Fragment. The dark day dies! Be still my heart, nor sorrow For God’s aloofness or for man’s dismay! Haply to usward sets some radiant morrow Behind the dark … [Read more...] about A Fragment [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Marie Pitt (1869-1948) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (Marie E. J. Pitt 1911), year1911

Wy Yung [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Wy Yung. Beyond the ridge of Never Forget Is a grey ghost land where no glad gleam flashes, Where run the rivers of Old Regret, And the red fruit withers to dust … [Read more...] about Wy Yung [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Marie Pitt (1869-1948) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (Marie E. J. Pitt 1911), year1911

Disinherited [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Disinherited. (Here and there, a little apart from the laughing crowd that surged in the traffic-ways of Melbourne streets during Fleet Week, little groups of … [Read more...] about Disinherited [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Marie Pitt (1869-1948) (author), poem, poetry about Aborigines, SourceArchiveOrg, The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (Marie E. J. Pitt 1911), year1911

The Undersong [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] The Undersong. (Fleet Welcome.) O the bannered sea is gay, and the shores keep holiday, And the hot life-tide leaps high To the fluttering flags adip, to the … [Read more...] about The Undersong [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Marie Pitt (1869-1948) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (Marie E. J. Pitt 1911), year1911

The City of Sloth [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] The City of Sloth. The city of a thousand gates That ope on all the seas, A thousand fleets that bear the freights Of opulence and ease! The city of a thousand … [Read more...] about The City of Sloth [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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Bitter-Sweet [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Bitter-Sweet. The sacred fires are cold, O Love! O Heart of Gold! Beyond the sobbing of the sundering sea A spectre sits and waits By Memory’s bolted gates, And … [Read more...] about Bitter-Sweet [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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Society [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Society. O bubble blown on rotting seas of Crime! Wan iridescence ’gendered of Decay, Ignis fatuus whose fallacious ray Dances a dance of death above the slime … [Read more...] about Society [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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Recompense [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Recompense. Let misers keep their gold, kings keep their power, And petty princelings hug the chains of pride, Place-hunters flaunt the triumph of an hour, Which … [Read more...] about Recompense [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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Ships [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Ships. The tide sweeps out across the roaring bar, The wild and ravening bar, (Ah, well that such things be!) The tide sweeps out by sun or moon or star, And … [Read more...] about Ships [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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Song of the Axe [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Song of the Axe. A song for the sword! where the red blood poured An oblation to earthly glory; They have pledged its name to eternal fame, In the pages of song … [Read more...] about Song of the Axe [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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At Evensong [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] At Evensong. Grandmother sits, when the light is fading Behind the western horizon bars, When come the spirits of sleep invading The dreamy dusk of the world of … [Read more...] about At Evensong [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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Red Poppies — White Roses [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Red Poppies — White Roses. Red poppy blooms a-flaunting Bold lips to every bee, White roses’ perfume haunting The very soul of me With touches light and … [Read more...] about Red Poppies — White Roses [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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Anathema [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Anathema. The earth is cursed! Grey sky and sullen sea And bitter wind — like a half-stifled groan From some blind gulf of outer darkness blown, Where legioned … [Read more...] about Anathema [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: Marie Pitt (1869-1948) (author), poem, SourceArchiveOrg, The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (Marie E. J. Pitt 1911), year1911

A Gallop of Fire [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] A Gallop of Fire. When the north wind moans thro’ the blind creek courses And revels with harsh, hot sand, I loose the horses, the wild, red horses, I loose the … [Read more...] about A Gallop of Fire [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

Filed Under: poetry Tagged With: good poetry, Marie Pitt (1869-1948) (author), poem, poetry about death, poetry about horses, SourceArchiveOrg, The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (Marie E. J. Pitt 1911), year1911

A Sea Song [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] A Sea Song. O softer than Slumber and sweeter than Mirth That is Sorrow’s half-brother, Is thy call to the weary, the children of earth, Sea Mother! Sea … [Read more...] about A Sea Song [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]

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