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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ROCK-LILY (NEW SOUTH WALES), by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: The amber-tinted level sands
Last Line: The glory of these austral plains.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Australia; Flowers; Lilies
First Line: The amber-tinted level sands
Last Line: The glory of these austral plains.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Australia; Flowers; Lilies
The amber-tinted level sands
Unbroken stretch for leagues away
Beyond these granite slabs, dull grey
And lifeless, herbless -- save where stands
The mighty rock-flow'r towering high,
With carmine blooms crowned gloriously:
A giant amongst flowers it reigns;
The glory of these Austral plains.
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