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Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918.

4. The Unknown God

FAR up the dim twilight fluttered

Moth-wings of vapour and flame:

The lights danced over the mountains,

Star after star they came.

The lights grew thicker unheeded,

For silent and still were we;

Our hearts were drunk with a beauty

Our eyes could never see.