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Born in 1891 / Died in 1927 / Australia / English

Poems by Lesbia Harford

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"I found an orchid in the valley fair"

... Two flowers upon one stem, white-souled, alone ...

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Summer Lightning

... Sweet angels, bringing no blinding truth to birth ...

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"He has a fairy wife"

... She is the heart of the storm, ...

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Deliverance Through Art

... And all the great and bright and fiery troop ...

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The Two Swans

... Fly overhead With long black necks and their white wings outspread ...

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"Into old rhyme"

... Through town and country winging, ...

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"I love to see"

... I love to see Her looking up at me, ...

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Day's End

... And you go Through the gray ...

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"Raging winter wind"

... Terror crouches always at the heart of things ...

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Machinist's Song

... Night and the goldy streets and liberty ...

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"My heart is a pomegranate full of sweet fancies"

... Warmed by your smile and besprent by your glances ...

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Inventory

... We've a room That we call home, ...

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"I dreamt last night"

... And there was hard young wattle pinned ...

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"When I get up to light the fire"

... How brightly, clearly darkness shines, ...

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"Child Sun"

... True 'tis That there are children here ...