Dark eyes are hers; but in their darkness
lies all the white holiness of Paradise;
A tender violet within them shows
and the unsullied beauty of the rose;
Dark eyes are hers.
Dark eyes are hers --- that move my heart to sing.
They have consumed the Summer! caught the Spring!
Stolen the star-light, and exultingly
lifted the moon-beams' old embroidery:
Dark eyes are hers.
First published in The Sun [Sydney], 25 June 1911;
and later in
Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson by John Shaw Neilson, 1934;
Poems by John Shaw Neilson, 1964;
Australian Letters, 4 September 1964;
Green Days and Cherries: the early verses of Shaw Neilson edited by Hugh Anderson and Leslie James Blake, 1981; and
John Shaw Neilson: Poetry, Autobiography and Correspondence edited by Cliff Hanna, 1991.
Author reference sites: Austlit, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian Poetry Library
See also.
lies all the white holiness of Paradise;
A tender violet within them shows
and the unsullied beauty of the rose;
Dark eyes are hers.
Dark eyes are hers --- that move my heart to sing.
They have consumed the Summer! caught the Spring!
Stolen the star-light, and exultingly
lifted the moon-beams' old embroidery:
Dark eyes are hers.
First published in The Sun [Sydney], 25 June 1911;
and later in
Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson by John Shaw Neilson, 1934;
Poems by John Shaw Neilson, 1964;
Australian Letters, 4 September 1964;
Green Days and Cherries: the early verses of Shaw Neilson edited by Hugh Anderson and Leslie James Blake, 1981; and
John Shaw Neilson: Poetry, Autobiography and Correspondence edited by Cliff Hanna, 1991.
Author reference sites: Austlit, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Australian Poetry Library
See also.
