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Some day we may drop the Farewell Light; and lose the winds of home 

But where shall we win to a land so bright; however far we roam?

We shall long for the fields of Maoriland; to pass as we used to pass

Knee…deep in the seeding tussock; and the long lush English…grass。

And we may travel a weary way ere we come to a sight as grand

As the lingering flush of the sun's last ray on the peaks of Maoriland。









George Charles Whitney。







  Sunset





Behind the golden western hills

The sun goes down; a founder'd bark;

Only a mighty sadness fills

 The silence of the dark。



O twilight sad with wistful eyes;

Restore in ruth again to me

The shadow of the peace that lies

 Beyond the purple sea。



The sun of my great joy goes down;

Against the paling heights afar;

Gleams out like some glad angel's crown;

 A yellow evening star;



The glory from the western hills

Falls fading; spark on spark;

Only a mighty sadness fills

 The spaces of the dark。









James Lister Cuthbertson。  'reprise'







  Ode to Apollo



         〃Tandem venias precamur

      Nube candentes humeros amictus

                  Augur Apollo。〃





      Lord of the golden lyre

      Fraught with the Dorian fire;

   Oh! fair…haired child of Leto; come again;

      And if no longer smile

      Delphi or Delos' isle;

   Come from the depth of thine Aetnean glen;

      Where in the black ravine

      Thunders the foaming green

   Of waters writhing far from mortals' ken;

      Come o'er the sparkling brine;

      And bring thy train divine 

The sweet…voiced and immortal violet…crowned Nine。



      For here are richer meads;

      And here are goodlier steeds

   Than ever graced the glorious land of Greece;

      Here waves the yellow corn;

      Here is the olive born 

   The gray…green gracious harbinger of peace;

      Here too hath taken root

      A tree with golden fruit;

   In purple clusters hangs the vine's increase;

      And all the earth doth wear

      The dry clear Attic air

That lifts the soul to liberty; and frees the heart from care。



      Or if thy wilder mood

      Incline to solitude;

   Eternal verdure girds the lonely hills;

      Through the green gloom of ferns

      Softly the sunset burns;

   Cold from the granite flow the mountain rills;

      And there are inner shrines

      Made by the slumberous pines;

   Where the rapt heart with contemplation fills;

      And from wave…stricken shores

      Deep wistful music pours

And floods the tempest…shaken forest corridors。



      Oh; give the gift of gold

      The human heart to hold

   With liquid glamour of the Lesbian line;

      With Pindar's lava glow;

      With Sophocles' calm flow;

   Or Aeschylean rapture airy fine;

      Or with thy music's close

      Thy last autumnal rose

   Theocritus of Sicily; divine;

      O Pythian Archer strong;

      Time cannot do thee wrong;

With thee they live for ever; thy nightingales of song。



      We too are island…born;

      Oh; leave us not in scorn 

   A songless people never yet was great。

      We; suppliants at thy feet;

      Await thy muses sweet

   Amid the laurels at thy temple gate;

      Crownless and voiceless yet;

      But on our brows is set

   The dim unwritten prophecy of fate;

      To mould from out of mud

      An empire with our blood;

To wage eternal warfare with the fire and flood。



      Lord of the minstrel choir;

      Oh; grant our hearts' desire;

   To sing of truth invincible in might;

      Of love surpassing death

      That fears no fiery breath;

   Of ancient inborn reverence for right;

      Of that sea…woven spell

      That from Trafalgar fell

   And keeps the star of duty in our sight:

      Oh; give the sacred fire;

      And our weak lips inspire

With laurels of thy song and lightnings of thy lyre。









    









Notes on the Poems







Wentworth; 〃Australasia〃:  ‘Warragamba'  a tributary of the Nepean;

  the upper part of the Hawkesbury River; New South Wales。



Rowe; 〃Soul Ferry〃:  〃Founded on a note by Tzetzes upon Lycophron;

  quoted in Keightley's ‘Mythology of Greece and Rome'。〃   Author's Note。



Parkes; 〃The Buried Chief〃:  Sir James Martin; born 1820;

  Premier and subsequently Chief Justice of New South Wales;

  died 4th November; 1886。



Gordon; 〃A Dedication〃:  The first six stanzas of The Dedication of

  〃Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes〃 to the author of 〃Holmby House〃

  (Whyte Melville)。



Gordon; 〃Thora's Song〃:  First printed in ‘The Australasian'

  under the title of 〃Frustra〃。



Gordon; 〃The Sick Stock…rider〃:  First appeared in ‘The Colonial Monthly'

  without the final stanza here printed; which was preserved

  by Mr。 J。 J。 Shillinglaw。



Kendall; 〃Prefatory Sonnets〃:  The phrase  〃tormented and awry

  with passion〃  also appears in Walter Pater's essay on 〃Aesthetic Poetry〃;

  which; according to Mr。 Ferris Greenslet's monograph on Pater;

  was written in 1868; but first published in ‘Appreciations'; 1889。

  〃Leaves from Australian Forests〃; in which these sonnets were first printed;

  was published in Melbourne in 1869。



Kendall; 〃To a Mountain〃:  Dedicatory verses of 〃Songs from the Mountains〃。



Kendall; 〃Araluen〃:  The author's daughter; named after a town

  in the Shoalhaven District; New South Wales。



Kendall; 〃Hy…Brasil〃:  Hy…Brasil; or Tir…Nan…Oge; is the fabled

  Island of the Blessed; the paradise of ancient Ireland。



Kendall; 〃Outre Mer〃:  From a poem left unfinished at the author's death。

  First printed in 〃Poems〃 (1886)。



Clarke; 〃The Song of Tigilau〃:  〃Tigilau; the son of Tui Viti〃;

  an attempt to paraphrase a legend of Samoa; is remarkable

  as evidence of direct intercourse between Samoa and Fiji;

  and as showing by the use of the term 〃Tui Viti〃 that a king once reigned

  over ALL Fiji。  The singularly poetic and rhythmical original

  will be found in a paper contributed by Mr。 Pritchard; F。A。S。I。; etc。;

  to the Anthropological Society of London。〃   Author's Note。



Moloney; 〃Melbourne〃:  First printed in ‘The Australasian'

  over the signature 〃Australis〃。



Domett; 〃An Invitation〃:  First printed in 〃Flotsam and Jetsam〃:  reprinted;

  with alterations; as Proem to 〃Ranolf and Amohia〃; Second Edition; 1883。



Domett; 〃A Maori Girl's Song〃:  〃A very free paraphrase of a song

  in Sir George Grey's collection。  ‘Ropa' is a declaration of love

  by pinching the fingers。〃   Author's Note。



Stephens; 〃Day〃 & 〃Night〃:  Stanzas from 〃Convict Once〃

  'pp。 336…7; 297…9 respectively of 〃Poetical Works〃 (1902)'。



Foott; 〃Where the Pelican Builds〃:  〃The unexplored parts of Australia

  are sometimes spoken of by the bushmen of Western Queensland

  as the home of the Pelican; a bird whose nesting…place;

  so far as the writer knows; is seldom; if ever; found。〃   Author's Note。



Foott; 〃New Country〃:  ‘Gidya'  a Queensland and N。S。W。 aboriginal word

  for a tree of the acacia species (A。 homalophylla)。



  ‘Clay…Pan'  a shallow depression of the ground on Australian plains;

  whose thin clayey surface retains water for a considerable time。



Wilson; 〃Fairyland〃:  ‘Parson Bird'   The Tui; or New Zealand mocking bird。

  The male has tufts of curled white feathers under the neck;

  like a clergyman's bands。



Farrell; 〃Australia to England〃:  First printed; under the title of

  〃Ave Imperatrix〃; in ‘The Daily Telegraph' (Sydney); on June 22; 1897;

  the day of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee。



F。 Adams; 〃Gordon's Grave〃:  Adam Lindsay Gordon is buried

  in Brighton (Victoria) Cemetery。  Above the grave is erected

  a shattered column crowned with a laurel wreath。



Evans; 〃A Pastoral〃:  ‘Apple…tree'  an indigenous Australian tree;

  so called from a supposed resemblance to the English apple…tree;

  but bearing no edible fruit。



O'Hara; 〃Flinders〃:  ‘Flinders'  Matthew Flinders first came to Australia

  with Bass and Hunter in 1795; and made several heroic voyages

  around Australian coasts。



Jephcott; 〃A Ballad of the last King of Thule〃:  ‘Mannan'  the ancient

  bardic name of the Isle of Man。



  ‘Eire'  the ancient name of Ireland。



  ‘The Isle of Apple…trees'  〃Emhain Ablach〃; the Isle of Arran。

  This was the land of faery to the Northern and Western Gaels。



Mackay; 〃The Burial of Sir John Mackenzie〃:  ‘Sir John Mackenzie' 

  Born 1838; for many years Minister for Lands in New Zealand。  Died 1891。



  Holy Hill  Puketapu; a hill sacred to the Maoris on the Otago coast。



Lawson; 〃Andy's gone with Cattle〃:  ‘Riders'  timber used to hold down

  the bark roofs of primitive bush houses。



Lawson; 〃Out Back〃:  ‘Mulga'  an aboriginal name given to various trees

  of the acacia family (A。 aneura)。

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