Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918.
By Richard Rowe12 . The Angel of Life
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Wreathing the riches of the blushing May:
His eye was cloudless as the heavens above,
But there was pity in her look of love.
Then rained their petals in a silent shower:
The boy looked up at her with strange surprise,
And sadder grew the pity in her eyes.