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Born in 1891 / Died in 1927 / Australia / English

Poems by Lesbia Harford

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"All through the day at my machine"

... A strange little tune through heart and head ...

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Raiment

... My mind has moods of hating pearl and rose ...

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"This year I have seen autumn with new eyes"

... Whether they laugh through the grey morning mist, ...

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"I'd love to have you on a rainy day"

... Tucked in a chair, my head against your knee ...

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"O sweet and fair! These words are mine to use"

... O sweet and fair, and weak, and most untrue! ...

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The Folk I Love

... At the strength to love like them ...

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The Psychological Craze

... Thinkers don't write their lives, ...

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Work-Girls' Holiday

... And so she thinks that they're well spent, ...

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Beauty And Terror

... Doubly splendid burn the fires of strife, ...

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"To look across at Moira gives me pleasure"

... But that's like blood—like a thin blood stream trickling ...

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"And is love very strong where honour rules?"

... Lovers who are not free should sigh and part— ...

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"I can't feel the sunshine"

... If I should once kiss her, ...

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"Dearest, dearest"

... You make more lovely than a storm of flowers ...

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God Speaks

... And when night comes your sleepy eyes are blind ...

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A Bad Snap

... To praise and live in, worship and abuse ...