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Born in 1892 / Died in 1977 / Australia / English

Poems by Leon Gellert

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The Husband

... And old desires half-known, and hanging sorrows ...

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The Cry Of Mammon

... Would lie the jewelled stars, and gold , and gold! ...

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The Australian Muse

... Breathe forth the secret whisperings of thy birth, ...

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One who Died: In Memory of E.W.T.S.

... The trees, the winds, the streets came back to me ...

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The Moving Of The Shades

... thronewardds they stand and gazzee, the Foull Voice screams ...

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A Military Camp in Egypt

... A twinkling light confides with twinkling light ...

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Rendezvous

... I'll meet you where we yearned that morn ...

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The Last To Leave

... I sat there long, and listened - all things listened too ...

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The Grey World

... And the grey world asleep, ...

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The Advice Of Treachery

...   Hands That tore at stones and prayed upon the sands ...

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Before Action

... I wondered if my packing-straps were tight, ...

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The Retirement Of Mars

... Stiff with the staggering day, and fields hard won ...

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The Consumptive

...   more; his friends, his trees, the restless swerving sea ...

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The Dreamer

... Watched streets and roofs,, and clouds, and quiet rains:- ...

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The True Dawn

... Come, true dawn, that creepeth from the foul ...