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Born in 1846 / Died in 1918 / Australia / English

Poems by Mary Hannay Foott

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Nearing Port

... And, perched aloft, a light-house, o’er grey cliffs golden-tinged ...

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Where The Pelican Builds

... The rains have replenished it thrice since then ...

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The Magi To The Star

...  Through Time’s long night,—though thou must set,— ...

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To Henry The Fifth

... —though She seem to earthlier eyes a phantom, more ...

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New Country

... Where the creeks lay cool 'neath the gidya's shade ...

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For Charles Dickens

... Through webs and dust and weather-stains, ...

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Watch-Night

... Sleeping in the dark,—unguarded,—as the sun-god’s herds were found! ...

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The Future Of Australia

... ” When the toilsome years of her youth are o’er, ...

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Ave Caesar! Morituri Te Salutant

...   Blinded and chilled ’neath love’s eclipse ...

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In Memoriam C. G. Gordon

...  From Lindisfarne’s bleak shore, ...

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The Fate Of Bass

... Blanched the cheek that Austral breezes off Van Diemen's coast had tanned, ...

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To The Virgin Mary

...   Thenceforth, alone to close life’s round! ...

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The Belated Swallow

... Has driven thee forth, when storms are breaking, ...

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David’s Lament For Jonathan

...   Thy wounds are healed—thou need’st no Gilead-balm ...

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At the Fords Of Jordan

... The parting of King David and Barzillai the Gileadite after the revolt of Absolam ...