| Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918. |
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| 126. God’s Acre |
| | | By Blanche Edith Baughan |
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| ’NEATH the spiring of spruces | |
| Above the blue sea, | |
| Lo, a field of white crosses, | |
| A garden of grief! | |
| —And a riot of roses, | 5 |
| Of red and white roses, | |
| Rich Death! all in blossom, | |
| Fair Loss! all in leaf. | |
| Aye, their warm cherub-cheeks | |
| To cold marble they press; | 10 |
| With sweet summer-kisses | |
| Dead names they caress; | |
| Yon tomb, see, all garlands, | |
| All roses this cross! | |
| —So breathe, my lamenting! | 15 |
| So bloom, O my loss! | |
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