year1911

[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]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Wild Cattle. Wild cattle from the Wingen, Two hundred head of stores, On hills and ranges mustered, And by the lone, salt shores; Through sunlit forests stringing, Along a Gippsland … [Read more...] about Wild Cattle [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Northern Morning. Cool dews lie on the lilies yet that ride in purple ranks, Like galleys from the Isles of Sleep, along the river banks. As lifted souls from Earth set free, pale swamp-mists … [Read more...] about Northern Morning [poem by E. J. Brady]

[Editor: This poem by E. J. Brady was published in Bells and Hobbles (1911).] Gerringong. I wonder if the red blood dances through some young heart like wine As, in the green Shoalhaven springtime it pulsed a-fire through mine? I wonder if, when Morning marches his … [Read more...] about Gerringong [poem by E. J. Brady]