(Overheard in Rose Bay Tram.)
Grey-eye fritters love away
To hapless ones who woo her;
Grey-eye smiles at what they say,
Content that they pursue her.
Grey eyes smile -- that is all:
Yet could Love wish a sweeter pall?
Grey-eye smiles when each has said
Whats ense forbade him tell her;
Grey-eye smiles when love is dead,
And pique and hate repel her.
Grey eyes smiles -- and yet grow old
While the same old tale is told!
Grey-eye, will you come and play
On shining sands with me-ee?
Grey-eye, smile not when I say
What I so long to be-ee!
Grey-eye in the moonlight stroll
Near the languid waters' roll...
Will yer? Ah -- do!
First published in The Bulletin, 29 October 1898
Author reference sites: Austlit, Australian Dictionary of Biography
See also.
Grey-eye fritters love away
To hapless ones who woo her;
Grey-eye smiles at what they say,
Content that they pursue her.
Grey eyes smile -- that is all:
Yet could Love wish a sweeter pall?
Grey-eye smiles when each has said
Whats ense forbade him tell her;
Grey-eye smiles when love is dead,
And pique and hate repel her.
Grey eyes smiles -- and yet grow old
While the same old tale is told!
Grey-eye, will you come and play
On shining sands with me-ee?
Grey-eye, smile not when I say
What I so long to be-ee!
Grey-eye in the moonlight stroll
Near the languid waters' roll...
Will yer? Ah -- do!
First published in The Bulletin, 29 October 1898
Author reference sites: Austlit, Australian Dictionary of Biography
See also.
