Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918.
153. Twilight by the Cabin
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Hill and vale puts out the day—
What do you wonder at, asthore,
What’s away in yonder grey?
Dream-fed heart, awake, come in,
Warm the hearth and gay the song:
Love with tender words would win.
But the heart of night is lit:
Ancient beauty, old desire,
By the cabin doorway flit.
And the homespun cannot hide
Kinship with a race divine,
Thrill of rapture, light of pride.
And her heart a moment knew
Angus like the evening star
Fleeting through the dusk and dew.
Wear the opal glimmering dress;
Let the feathered starlight ray
Over every gleaming tress.
Light and laughter, joyful years,
For the earth’s grey coloured eve
Ever dropping down with tears?
Ah, reveal thyself. The bars
On the gateway would not hold:
He will follow to the stars.