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

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

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

"She trips along the street, a flashing wonder, Dazzling enigma! Courtesan or maid? Temple of chastity, or hall of tra…"

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

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

"Everyone agreed that the day was just right for the picnic to — a shimmering summer morning warm and still, with s sh…"

"... it was written as a mystery, and it remains a mystery. ... like dropping a stone into water ..."