| Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918. |
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| 150. Before Exile |
| | | By Louise Mack |
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| HERE is my last good-bye, | |
| This side the sea. | |
| Good-bye! good-bye! good-bye! | |
| Love me, remember me. | |
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| This is my last good-bye, | 5 |
| This side the sea. | |
| I bless, I pledge, I cling, | |
| Love me, remember me. | |
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| This is my last good-bye | |
| To each dear tree, | 10 |
| To every silent plain, | |
| Love me, remember me. | |
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| This is my last good-bye, | |
| This side the sea. | |
| O friends! O enemies! | 15 |
| Love me, remember me. | |
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| You will remain, but I | |
| Must cross the sea. | |
| My heart is faint with love, | |
| O Land! remember me. | 20 |
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| You will not even ask | |
| What claim has she. | |
| She loved us, she has gone… | |
| ’Tis all, remember me. | |
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| This is what you will say, | 25 |
| My Land across the sea, | |
| She was of us, has gone… | |
| And you’ll remember me. | |
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| Here is my last good-bye | |
| This side the sea. | 30 |
| Farewell! and when you can, | |
| Love me, remember me. | |
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