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Shamus

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2019.09.01 07:43

My Country by Dorothea Mackeller.

Part 2 of 2.

Core of my

heart, my country!
Her pitiless blue sky,
When, sick at heart, around us
We see the cattle die
But then the grey clouds gather,
And we can bless again
The drumming of an army,
The steady soaking rain.

Core of my heart, my country!
Land of the rainbow gold,
For flood and fire and famine
She pays us back threefold.
Over the thirsty paddocks,
Watch, after many days,
The filmy veil of greenness
That thickens as we gaze ...

An opal-hearted country,
A wilful, lavish land
All you who have not loved her,
You will not understand
though Earth holds many splendours,
Wherever I may die,
I know to what brown country
My homing thoughts will fly.
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Comments

  • sunny 2019.09.01 07:48

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    thank you for sharing
  • Aunt M 2019.09.01 08:06

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    East or west,home is the best!我心深处,我的国家!我深知我将为那一片棕色的大地寄去我归家的思绪。
  • Leon 2019.09.01 10:47

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    great

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