Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918.
103. The Last Hero
W
Homeward we turned in the twilight’s gold;
We thought in ourselves with dumb distress—
All the story of earth is told.
A great deep heart like the hearts of old
Went forth; and the speaker had lost the thread,
Or all the story of earth was told.
Dizzily fired with the twilight’s gold,
And a bitter remembrance blew in each face
How all the story of earth was told.