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Born in 1891 / Died in 1927 / Australia / English

Poems by Lesbia Harford

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"The love I look for"

... At Peterloo. But you'ld protect me, ...

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"The hot winds wake to life in the sweet daytime"

... And tear through all the moonlit darkness shouting ...

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"Cherry plum blossom in an old tin jug —"

... I never met girls who so loved sweet flowers ...

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Flowers And Light

... Freesias are flames wherein light more than heat is desired, ...

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In The Public Library

... Had decay Been the girl's gift in that Miltonic strife ...

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"This evening I'm alone"

... To me alone. But if a stranger came ...

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Girl's Love

... Grass beneath and you above me, ...

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"He had served eighty masters. They'd have said"

... And they, if they had heard him, would have sneered ...

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"They are so glad of a young companion"

... The girls who prattle of work and pleasure, ...

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"I have to make a soul for one"

... I don't know whether souls are made ...

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A Prayer To Saint Rosa

... When, lying on thorns and heaps of broken sherd, ...