I must go out to the bush to-day,
For its witching voice I have heard;
The call of the flowers, the call of the trees,
And, oh, the call of a bird!
Loud, clear call from the gum trees tall,
Soft notes in the woodland hush;
Fairy flutings of dear blue wrens,
And, oh, the call of the thrush!
Never a king had carpet so rare
As that which the earth has spread,
Where royal purples and tender blues
Are blended with gold and red.
The slender clematis has spread her veil
Of starry blooms to the breeze;
And the bees are murmuring all day long
In the flowers of the tall gum trees.
The wattle has brought from the earth's warm heart
The gold that was hidden there;
She has hung it in tassels and fairy balls,
And its perfume has filled the air.
I must go out from the town to-day,
From its noise and turmoil and push,
For I hear the clear call of bird and of tree,
And, oh, the call of the bush!
First published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 August 1926
Author: Constance Mary Le Plastrier (1864-1938) was born in St Kilda, Victoria, and worked as a teacher. She wrote botany textbooks and was elected as the first woman president of Field Naturalists' Society. She moved to Sydney in 1900 and wrote for a number of Catholic newspapers. She is mainly known for her short stories along with two novels. She died in Sydney in 1938.
Author reference site: Austlit
For its witching voice I have heard;
The call of the flowers, the call of the trees,
And, oh, the call of a bird!
Loud, clear call from the gum trees tall,
Soft notes in the woodland hush;
Fairy flutings of dear blue wrens,
And, oh, the call of the thrush!
Never a king had carpet so rare
As that which the earth has spread,
Where royal purples and tender blues
Are blended with gold and red.
The slender clematis has spread her veil
Of starry blooms to the breeze;
And the bees are murmuring all day long
In the flowers of the tall gum trees.
The wattle has brought from the earth's warm heart
The gold that was hidden there;
She has hung it in tassels and fairy balls,
And its perfume has filled the air.
I must go out from the town to-day,
From its noise and turmoil and push,
For I hear the clear call of bird and of tree,
And, oh, the call of the bush!
First published in The Sydney Morning Herald, 28 August 1926
Author: Constance Mary Le Plastrier (1864-1938) was born in St Kilda, Victoria, and worked as a teacher. She wrote botany textbooks and was elected as the first woman president of Field Naturalists' Society. She moved to Sydney in 1900 and wrote for a number of Catholic newspapers. She is mainly known for her short stories along with two novels. She died in Sydney in 1938.
Author reference site: Austlit
