Sir Henry Parkes Heart Poems
- 1. The Beauteous Terrorist
Soft as the morning's pearly light,
Where yet may rise the thunder-cloud,
Her gentle face was ever bright
With noble thought and purpose proud.
... - 2. Sonnet
When you arrive at Sydney, sailing up
The harbour, a small central isle you'll see;
With two or three low huts, but not a tree,
Nor blade of grass,-upon't; and, on the top,
... - 3. Weary
WEARY of the ceaseless war
Beating down the baffled soul,รข??
Thoughts that like a scimitar
Smite us fainting at the goal.
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