"The silver-voiced bell-birds, the darlings of day-time, They sing in September their songs of the May-time."

"Songs interwoven of lights and of laughters Borrowed from bell-birds in far forest rafters."

"And, oh Britannia! should'st thou cease to ride Despotic Empress of old Ocean's tide;— Should thy tam'd Lion—spent hi…"

"Proud Queen of isles! Thou sittest vast, alone, A host of vassals bending round thy throne: Like some fair swan that …"

"One flower is always best; And, hidden near the nest, One bird of all the brood Will sanctify the wood."

"What shall I wish you Robbie Croll— A girl, a book, or wine? For sages tell, who these control Shall taste of the div…"

"The popular idea of an advocate of women's rights is this:—she is an angular hard-featured withered creature with a s…"

"The workers of Kembla, those leaders of men, Those leaders of deed as in thought. They challenged the might of the po…"

"The cruel girls we loved Are over forty. Their subtle daughters Have stolen their beauty; And with a blue stare Of co…"

"And Anzac now is an enchanted shore;A tragic splendor, and a holy name;A deed eternity will still acclaim;A loss that…"