ACKNOWLEDGMENT

CONTENTS

THE WITCH-MAID

THE COLOURS OF LIGHT

FROM A TOWN WINDOW

THE SANTA MARIA

"SUMER IS ICUMEN IN"

NIGHT ON THE PLAINS

SETTLERS

MY COUNTRY

SWALLOWS

FIRE

HIGH PLACES

THE CLOSED DOOR

REMINDER

CULGAI PADDOCK

CANTICLE

MARCH WINDS

COLOUR

NON PENSO A LEI ( Canzone Ferrandini )

THE ROAD TO RONDA

THE MOON AND THE MORNING

FLOWER AND THORN

THE GREY LAKE ( Lake Eyre, South Australia )

BURNING OFF

AN OLD SONG

BAZAR

SPRING ON THE PLAINS

PILGRIM SONG

THE COORONG SANDHILLS ( South Australia )

TWO JAPANESE SONGS I THE HEART OF A BIRD What does the

AN AFTERGLOW ON THE NILE

THE EXPLORER

SEPTEMBER

RIDING RHYME

FOUR TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GERMAN I ( Writer unknown ) I heard

CHaTEAU D'ESPAGNE

BATHING RHYME

MONTORO'S SONG AGAINST COUNT ALVARO DE LUNA, HIGH CONSTABLE OF

SEA-FOG

SORROW

SEAGULL

THE

WITCH-MAID
&
OTHER VERSES

THE WITCH-MAID
&
OTHER VERSES

DOROTHEA MACKELLAR


1914
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