| Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918. |
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| 103. The End of the Episode |
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| THERE is no need to say good-bye, | |
| And weep; | |
| There is no call on us for tear or sigh. | |
| Men say: Just as ye sow, so shall ye reap. | |
| Is that, think you, a lie? | 5 |
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| Now fate points out our different ways, | |
| And so | |
| We leave the spot where glamour clothed the days— | |
| Leave for those duller worlds that lie below, | |
| With something like amaze. | 10 |
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| No use to curse; whatever crossed | |
| Our way, | |
| No need for words; when hearts are tempest-tossed— | |
| But those alone may know the cost, who pay, | |
| And bankrupt, pay the cost. | 15 |
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