Chapter I: Front Matter

THE

WITCH-MAID

&

OTHER VERSES

THE WITCH-MAID

&

OTHER VERSES

DOROTHEA MACKELLAR

1914
LONDON AND TORONTO
J. M. DENT & SONS LTD.
NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON _&_ CO.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

About a third of these poems have appeared before in a volume published in Australia; several in _The Spectator_ and _The Sydney Bulletin_, and a few elsewhere. I have to thank the editors for permission to reprint.

CONTENTS

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THE WITCH-MAID 9

THE COLOURS OF LIGHT 14

FROM A TOWN WINDOW 17

THE SANTA MARIA 19

“SUMER IS ICUMEN IN” 21

NIGHT ON THE PLAINS 24

SETTLERS 25

MY COUNTRY 29

SWALLOWS 32

FIRE 34

HIGH PLACES 35

THE CLOSED DOOR 37

REMINDER 40

CULGAI PADDOCK 41

CANTICLE 43

MARCH WINDS 46

COLOUR 47

NON PENSO A LEI 50

THE ROAD TO RONDA 52

THE MOON AND THE MORNING 54

FLOWER AND THORN 56

THE GREY LAKE 58

BURNING OFF 61

AN OLD SONG 63

BAZAR 64

SPRING ON THE PLAINS 66

PILGRIM SONG 68

THE COORONG SANDHILLS 69

TWO JAPANESE SONGS:

I. The Heart of a Bird 71