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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE BELL-BIRD, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: The stillness of the austral noon
Last Line: Save 'mid these silences alone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Australia; Birds
First Line: The stillness of the austral noon
Last Line: Save 'mid these silences alone.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Australia; Birds
The stillness of the Austral noon
Is broken by no single sound --
No lizards even on the ground
Rustle amongst dry leaves -- no tune
The lyre-bird sings -- yet hush! I hear
A soft bell tolling, silvery clear!
Low soft aerial chimes, unknown
Save 'mid these silences alone.
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