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Born in 1892 / Died in 1977 / Australia / English

Poems by Leon Gellert

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Dreamlight

... Then leave me when the bird of night has flown, ...

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'If You Were Here'

... stagnant with age, yet green with corn and palms, ...

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Bluebeard’s First Wife

... From the heaven’s blue of his beard ...

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The Teacher

... A  Cross is slanting ‘tween two withered trees - ...

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A Book of Wordsworth

... They words, thy thoughts, for me can never cease ...

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The Three Concerned

... ) The Child His wooden war-horse stands beside his bed, ...

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Goodbye

... The sweetest tales that youthful summer tells ...

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War!

... I bowed and thanked the bit of shell ...

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Ease. 1914

... Of half-seen things and thoughts bring brushing sins ...