Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918.
By Louise Mack150 . Before Exile
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This side the sea.
Good-bye! good-bye! good-bye!
Love me, remember me.
This side the sea.
I bless, I pledge, I cling,
Love me, remember me.
To each dear tree,
To every silent plain,
Love me, remember me.
This side the sea.
O friends! O enemies!
Love me, remember me.
Must cross the sea.
My heart is faint with love,
O Land! remember me.
What claim has she.
She loved us, she has gone…
’Tis all, remember me.
My Land across the sea,
She was of us, has gone…
And you’ll remember me.
This side the sea.
Farewell! and when you can,
Love me, remember me.