(22 February 1872 – 12 May 1942 / Penola, South Australia)

poet John Shaw Neilson

Poems of John Shaw Neilson

1. A Protest and a Protest 1/1/2004
2. Beauty Imposes 1/1/2004
3. In the Dim Counties 4/10/2010
4. Love's Coming 1/1/2004
5. May 1/1/2004
6. Native Companions Dancing 1/1/2004
7. O Heart of Spring 1/1/2004
8. Old Granny Sullivan 4/10/2010
9. Ownerless 4/10/2010
10. Schoolgirls Hastening 1/1/2004
11. Song be Delicate 1/1/2004
12. Song for a Singer 4/10/2010
13. Tell Summer That I Died 4/10/2010
14. The Break of Day 1/1/2004
15. The Crane is My Neighbour 4/10/2010
16. The Gentle Water Bird (for Mary Gilmore) 4/10/2010
17. The Green Singer 1/1/2004
18. The Land where I was Born 1/1/2004
19. The Loving Tree 4/10/2010
20. The Meeting of Sighs 1/1/2004

Schoolgirls Hastening

Fear it has faded and the night:
The bells all peal the hour of nine:
The schoolgirls hastening through the light
Touch the unknowable Divine.

What leavening in my heart would bide!
Full dreams a thousand deep are there:
All luminants succumb beside
The unbound melody of hair.

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