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                                  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