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Born in 1891 / Died in 1927 / Australia / English

Poems by Lesbia Harford

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"Though I had lost my love"

... Lovers pass up and down — ...

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The Electric Tram To Kew

... Tram bells are joy bells, ...

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"How funny it would be if dreamy I"

... I do hope, when it's finished, I'll have time ...

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A Deity

... He says: "Forgive my careless ways ...

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Street Music

... There's a band in the street, there's a band in the street ...

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A Blouse Machinist

... She's nice to watch when her machine-belt breaks ...

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"Sometimes I wish that I were Helen-fair"

... And in this heavenly wife might deem himself ...

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The Nuns And The Lilies

... Have glittered on the altar through some virgin feast ...

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"All Knowledge . . . "

... And yet I don't believe he knows ...

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"I came to live in Sophia Street"

... And a yard you'd measure in children's feet ...

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"My lovely pixie, my good companion"

... You do not love me, bed-mate of mine, ...

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"I'm like all lovers, wanting love to be"

... Poor fools, who each would have the other give ...

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"Today I saw"

... And crouched like a poor slave, with anxious eyes ...

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"Why does she put me to many indignities"

... I wear my new dresses and put on silk stockings, ...

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"Pat wasn't Pat last night at all."

... The Spring, Young Dionysus, white and warm, ...