A hot wind down the terrace blows,
Behind the garden rail,
The languid flowers droop their heads,
Tall hollyhocks in pinks and reds,
Hibiscus blossoms pale.
The sparrows twitter in the shade
Of heavy mango trees;
I draw the shutters close, and hide
The bright and thirsty world outside
To dream of tumbling seas.
To muse on miles of shell-strewn beach,
Of glistening wave-wet sands,
Longing for sight of that far place --
And most of all for her glad face
And small, cool, outstretched hands.
First published in The Australian Town and Country Journal, 7 June 1905
Author reference sites: Austlit, Australian Dictionary of Biography
See also.
Behind the garden rail,
The languid flowers droop their heads,
Tall hollyhocks in pinks and reds,
Hibiscus blossoms pale.
The sparrows twitter in the shade
Of heavy mango trees;
I draw the shutters close, and hide
The bright and thirsty world outside
To dream of tumbling seas.
To muse on miles of shell-strewn beach,
Of glistening wave-wet sands,
Longing for sight of that far place --
And most of all for her glad face
And small, cool, outstretched hands.
First published in The Australian Town and Country Journal, 7 June 1905
Author reference sites: Austlit, Australian Dictionary of Biography
See also.
