| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| An Australian Girl |
| | | Ethel Castilla |
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| SHE has a beauty of her own, | |
| A beauty of a paler tone | |
| Than English belles. | |
| The Southern sun and Southern air | |
| Have kissed her cheeks until they wear | 5 |
| The dainty tints that oft appear | |
| On rosy shells. | |
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| Her frank, clear eyes bespeak a mind | |
| Old-world traditions fail to bind. | |
| She is not shy | 10 |
| Or bold, but simply self-possessed; | |
| Her independence adds a zest | |
| Unto her speech, her piquant jest, | |
| Her quaint reply. | |
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| O’er classic volumes she will pore | 15 |
| With joy; and some scholastic lore | |
| Will often gain. | |
| In sports she bears away the bell, | |
| Nor under music’s siren spell | |
| To dance divinely, flirt as well, | 20 |
| Does she disdain. | |
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