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

By James Lister Cuthbertson

41 . Corona Inutilis

I TWINED a wreath of heather white

To bind my lady’s hair,

And deemed her locks in even light

Would well the burden bear;

But when I saw the tresses brown,

And found the face so fair,

I tore the wreath, and left the crown

Of beauty only there.