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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


                                                                    PAGE

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

  II. A Smoke Song                                                    72

AN AFTERGLOW ON THE NILE                                              73

THE EXPLORER                                                          75

SEPTEMBER                                                             77

RIDING RHYME                                                          80

FOUR TRANSLATIONS FROM THE GERMAN                                     82

CHÂTEAU D’ESPAGNE                                                     86

BATH