| Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918. |
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| 149. Liebesweh |
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| AH, my heart, the storm and sadness! | |
| Wind that moans, uncomforted, | |
| Requiem for Love that’s dead’ | |
| Love that’s dead! | |
| Leafless trees that sough and sigh, | 5 |
| Gloom of earth, and grey of sky, | |
| Ah, my heart, what storm and sadness! | |
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| Ah, my heart, those sweet Septembers! | |
| Ah, the glory and the glow | |
| Of the Spring-tides long ago, | 10 |
| Long ago! | |
| Gleam of gold, and glint of green | |
| On the grassy hillsides seen, | |
| Ah, my heart, those sweet Septembers! | |
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| Ah, my heart, on sweet soft pinions, | 15 |
| Spring, the lov’d one, hovers nigh, | |
| She shall settle by-and-by, | |
| By-and-by! | |
| But the hills shall shine in vain, | |
| Love, alas, comes not again, | 20 |
| Ah, my heart, on sweet soft pinions! | |
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