As when, as from some deep-domed temple, sway
The jacaranda bells, and, with no sound,
Spread out their purple prayer-mat on the ground,
What can man do but pray?
First published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 March 1935
Jacaranda by Zora Cross
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