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Born in 1892 / Died in 1977 / Australia / English

Poems by Leon Gellert

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The Dead

... Old cares Have dropped, and left no drooping wonder – ...

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The River

... Swift with the dawn she rises, quick and cold, ...

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The Bush Lover

... "I’ll stay with theses, he says "and these ...

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The Cripple

... and yet, when death was near to one, ‘twas then ...

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A Night Attack

... Long-tired with time, is pitched and overwrought ...

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The Gecko

... Yet underneath its skin, we're told, ...

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Again the Clash is East

... With scattered dead once more, and wild with cries ...

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Dreams of France

... Bear strong thy shield above thine outraged breast ...

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The Christmas Beetle

... Then watch some sparrows, frail and lowly, ...

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The Jester In The Trench

... And creeping smiles, - then suddenly turned pale, ...

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A Song

... And breath the night, for night like these are few ...

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The Influence Of Lust

...   please, But now long overworked with dabbling men, ...

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The Old and the New

... Mars! Mars! Thy clashing sword was keen ...

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Lemnos Revisited

... Loud alarms And trampling tread have left thee stained and torn, ...

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These Men

... These men know life – know death a little more ...