| Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918. |
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| 185. The Suburbs |
| | | By Enid Derham |
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| MILES and miles of quiet houses, every house a harbour, | |
| Each for some unquiet soul a haven and a home, | |
| Pleasant fires for winter nights, for sun the trellised arbour, | |
| Earth the solid underfoot, and heaven for a dome. | |
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| Washed by storms of cleansing rain, and sweetened with affliction, | 5 |
| The hidden wells of Love are heard in one low-murmuring voice | |
| That rises from this close-meshed life so like a benediction | |
| That, listening to it, in my heart I almost dare rejoice. | |
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