On either hand
The gums like bowed monks stand;
The night's deep blue
Shines like a staunch faith through.
When over this shaken blue
Comes the moon's encrusted light,
Whatever I want to do
Seems right.
First published in The Bulletin, 16 October 1929;
and later in
The Gully and Other Verses by Furnley Maurice, and
My Country: Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years edited by Leonie Kramer, 1985.
Author reference sites: Austlit, Australian Dictionary of Biography
See also.
The gums like bowed monks stand;
The night's deep blue
Shines like a staunch faith through.
When over this shaken blue
Comes the moon's encrusted light,
Whatever I want to do
Seems right.
First published in The Bulletin, 16 October 1929;
and later in
The Gully and Other Verses by Furnley Maurice, and
My Country: Australian Poetry and Short Stories, Two Hundred Years edited by Leonie Kramer, 1985.
Author reference sites: Austlit, Australian Dictionary of Biography
See also.
