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February 15, 2006
Great Australian Authors #17 - Barcroft Boake
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Barcroft Boake (1866 - 1892)
Out on the wastes of the Never Never --
That's where the dead men lie!
There where the heat-waves dance forever --
That's where the dead men lie!
That's where the Earth's loved sons are keeping
Endless tryst: not the west wind sweeping
Feverish pinions can wake their sleeping --
Out where the dead men lie!
Where brown Summer and Death have mated --
That's where the dead men lie!
Loving with fiery lust unsated --
That's where the dead men lie!
Out where the grinning skulls bleach whitely
Under the saltbush sparkling brightly;
Out where the wild dogs chorus nightly --
That's where the dead men lie!
From Where the Dead Men Lie by Barcroft Boake
Posted by larrikin at February 15, 2006 08:59 AM