[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Ballade of Autumn. Down harvest headlands the fairy host Of the poppy banners have flashed and fled, The lilies have faded like ghost and ghost, The ripe rose rots … [Read more...] about Ballade of Autumn [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
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Evil [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Evil. Not Beelzebub, but white archangel, I Turn the dim glass and shift the sands again, And touch the eyelids of the sons of men Lest they forget — forget and … [Read more...] about Evil [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
The Enslavement [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] The Enslavement. Rail not at Mammon, helots of to-day, Nor curse Bellona, goddess of the sword, Nor Tyranny, of Toil meet overlord: This is your covenant — “You … [Read more...] about The Enslavement [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Reveille [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Reveille. Up! comrades, up! the night has flown, The dawn breaks dim and grey! The bugle-call of strife has blown! Arm! arm you for the fray! O’er hills which … [Read more...] about Reveille [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Rejected [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Rejected. Frost flecked his hair with many a winter’s flight, And, etched with the sharp pencil of the years, His rugged features set in lines of stress Match well … [Read more...] about Rejected [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
To-night [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] To-night. It is to-night! The tense strings sob no more: Close fast the doors, and draw the sheltering blinds Against the vampire broods that hover near, Shapeless … [Read more...] about To-night [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Ballade of Illusion [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Ballade of Illusion. Glint of woodland, and glamour of dew, Reeling riot of sap in the tree, Lilt of lark-song aloft in the blue Or cicada’s importunate glee! O … [Read more...] about Ballade of Illusion [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Spindrift [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Spindrift. I dream of wet and where the surf is thrashing A long, low coastline, and, nerves astart, I lean for the whisper of wavelets washing The white-combed … [Read more...] about Spindrift [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Ballade of Dreams [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Ballade of Dreams. Across the loom the shuttles fly, Like random, rippled lights at play Upon the road where you, where I, Drift down the Valley of To-day; White … [Read more...] about Ballade of Dreams [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
’Twixt Briton and Boer [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] ’Twixt Briton and Boer. They made a war upon the land — In Freedom’s name, they said — To overthrow the rebel band With Kruger at its head. They made a war upon … [Read more...] about ’Twixt Briton and Boer [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Ishmael [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Ishmael. Six off, and still unbroken — No fretting bridle bar, No spur has left its token, No girth has left its scar. Free as the wind that follows Its own … [Read more...] about Ishmael [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Discontent [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Discontent. Of Beauty one shall sing, Another Love shall praise, As Faith or Fancy wing, Or Fashion-flight essays. Among life’s drabs and greys I strike the lyre … [Read more...] about Discontent [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Adieu [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Adieu. The day is dying! The auspicious day That brought from human faith-fires of the North A living brand to flash from coast to coast And beacon Freedom in … [Read more...] about Adieu [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Lost [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Lost. Once, when the pall of the dusk had folden The old world, haggard and brown, And veiled the purple and rose and golden Streets of the Sunset Town, And the … [Read more...] about Lost [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
The Old Love [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] The Old Love. O Melbourne Town’s a lady, And her eyes are like the stars Shining white thro’ heaven’s bars, But I drift in dreams again To the lights of Hobart … [Read more...] about The Old Love [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Ballade of Devonport [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Ballade of Devonport. Jasmine and woodbine and rose o’ red, And maybloom drifted on scented gales, O for the song of a season fled! Devonport dales! Devonport … [Read more...] about Ballade of Devonport [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
The Clan Call [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] The Clan Call. I patted the head of a pony, By a Collins-street kerbstone tied, And my soul is sick for the old things And the feel of the world outside. I … [Read more...] about The Clan Call [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Woman [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Woman. A Reply. “God be sorry for women?” Nay, singer and sister woman, Sing the woman Triumphant! — “the face turned from the clod” — Wave of the mystical … [Read more...] about Woman [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Mountain Myrtle [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Mountain Myrtle. Myrtle by the mountain rills! Dark-plumed monarch stern and scowling, You that hear the thunder growling And the black sou’-wester howling ’Mong … [Read more...] about Mountain Myrtle [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Ballade of the Road [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Ballade of the Road. Between the living and the dead, Our waking and our sleep between, A ribbon, dark with hues of dread, That links the hidden with the … [Read more...] about Ballade of the Road [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Gold and Grey [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Gold and Grey. O lightsome leaps the heart when the year is i’ the gold! When the skies are big with promise that the years may not withhold, When we gather in full … [Read more...] about Gold and Grey [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
The Reiver [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] The Reiver. The floods are out on the flats to-night, Moaning and maddened and wild and red, Like a hooded serpent ready to smite, Old Mitchell rears in his … [Read more...] about The Reiver [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Veiled [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Veiled. Sojourner of the peaks divine No gusts of human folly sweep, Fenced from the shadow and the shine That dapple Life’s disastrous deep! Hushed is the … [Read more...] about Veiled [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
The Horses of the Hills [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This poem by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] The Horses of the Hills. When cohorts of September Are marching down amain, We waken and remember Our fathers’ fields again. Old Winter’s ice-bonds slacken, His … [Read more...] about The Horses of the Hills [poem by Marie E. J. Pitt]
Acknowledgment [by Marie E. J. Pitt]
[Editor: This notation by Marie E. J. Pitt was published in The Horses of the Hills and Other Verses (1911).] Acknowledgment In publishing this little book I must thank many people, among them the proprietors of the “Bulletin,” (Sydney, Australia), the Melbourne “Herald,” … [Read more...] about Acknowledgment [by Marie E. J. Pitt]