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Born in 1846 / Died in 1918 / Australia / English

Poems by Mary Hannay Foott

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Sonnets

... And youth’s glad gatherings, where the sands were wet ...

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No Message

... No - No! - Though neither sign nor sound ...

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Up North

... Was heard, though she reached but a barren shore, ...

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Napoleon III

...  That once Charlemagne’s proud sceptre won ...

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In The South Pacific

... We mourned thee! Heaven’s new born, and rich ...

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Happy Days

... " And shall no ripple break the sand ...

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In Time Of Drought

... uring a drought travellers sometimes have to throw away even their blankets and superfluous clothing ...

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In The Land Of Dreams

...   In Fate’s cold eyes there are kindly gleams,— ...

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Wentworth

... Owned her “Mother,”—when her children scarce were counted with the free! ...

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The Massacre Of The Bards

... Freedom’s low fires!—The bard’s light hand,— ...

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The Melbourne International Exhibition A. D. 1880

... And the swarthy Queen to the Great Sea steered by the light of the still pole star ...

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The Australiad

... Good ships, beside, from France were sent,—good ships and gallant crews,— ...

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To The White Julienne

...   The sentry’s tread behind the screen! ...

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The Aurora Australis

...   ‘This work was wrought by manly men ...