| Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918. |
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| 129. Love’s Coming |
| | | By Shaw Neilson |
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| QUIETLY as rosebuds | |
| Talk to thin air, | |
| Love came so lightly | |
| I knew not he was there. | |
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| Quietly as lovers | 5 |
| Creep at the middle noon, | |
| Softly as players tremble | |
| In the tears of a tune; | |
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| Quietly as lilies | |
| Their faint vows declare, | 10 |
| Came the shy pilgrim: | |
| I knew not he was there. | |
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| Quietly as tears fall | |
| On a warm sin, | |
| Softly as griefs call | 15 |
| In a violin; | |
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| Without hail or tempest, | |
| Blue sword or flame, | |
| Love came so lightly | |
| I knew not that he came. | 20 |
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