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Lesbia Harford was an Australian poet, novelist and political activist.

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List of poems by Lesbia Harford 176 total

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A Bad Snap 213 ViewsRate it
Each morning I pass on my way to work
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A bunch of lilac and a storm of hail
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Tall trees along the road,
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The Invisible People
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Raging winter wind
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I went down to post a letter
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Raiment
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A Strike Rhyme 128 ViewsRate it
Machinist Talking
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O great golden head lie in my lap'
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Up in my room on my unmade bed
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Florence kneels down to say her prayers
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Somebody brought in lilac
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I count the days until I see you
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Adventurers
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Pat wasn't Pat last night at all
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Periodicity
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A Deity
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Day's End 123 ViewsRate it
Most people have a way of making friends
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Buddha In The Workroom 122 ViewsRate it
To Leslie 122 ViewsRate it
Work-Girls' Holiday
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I had a lover who betrayed me 121 ViewsRate it
You, whom the grave cannot bind
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My window pane is broken
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An Improver
 119 ViewsRate it
Beauty And Terror
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He has picked grapes in the sun.
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Whenever I think of you, you are alone 119 ViewsRate it
Girl's Love
 118 ViewsRate it
The Silent Dead 116 ViewsRate it
All Knowledge . . . 115 ViewsRate it
Now all the lovely days are past
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The Wife
 114 ViewsRate it
And is love very strong where honour rules?
 113 ViewsRate it
Inventory 113 ViewsRate it
Closing Time: Public Library 112 ViewsRate it
If you have loved a brave story 111 ViewsRate it
When I get up to light the fire,
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The Contest
 110 ViewsRate it
Every night I hurry home to see 108 ViewsRate it
They say — priests say
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After Rain
 107 ViewsRate it
I can't feel the sunshine
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I have two wings 107 ViewsRate it
Pink eucalyptus flowers 107 ViewsRate it
Deliverance Through Art
 106 ViewsRate it
My lovely pixie, my good companion,
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Street Scene—Little Lonsdale St. 102 ViewsRate it
All Through The Day At My Machine
 99 ViewsRate it
Mortal Poems
 99 ViewsRate it
Pruning Flowering Gums
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You want a lily
 98 ViewsRate it
Fatherless 97 ViewsRate it
What were the good of stars if none looked on them
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Sometimes I think the happiest of love's moments
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Birthday 95 ViewsRate it
I thought I heard something move in the house
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I dare not leave the splendid town
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I'd love to have you on a rainy day
 94 ViewsRate it
O man, O woman, grievest so?
 94 ViewsRate it
A Parlourmaid
 92 ViewsRate it
Machinist's Song 92 ViewsRate it
Street Music 91 ViewsRate it
Those must be masts of ships the gazer sees
 91 ViewsRate it
Why does she put me to many indignities
 91 ViewsRate it
You may have other loves,
 91 ViewsRate it
In The Public Library
 88 ViewsRate it
Lawstudent And Coach
 88 ViewsRate it
Dearest, dearest
 87 ViewsRate it
The Immigrant
 87 ViewsRate it
Summer Lightning
 86 ViewsRate it
The Electric Tram To Kew
 86 ViewsRate it
Into old rhyme 85 ViewsRate it
I hate work so
 84 ViewsRate it
I saw a flight of sparrows through the air
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I used to be afraid to meet 82 ViewsRate it
Once I thought my love was worth the name 81 ViewsRate it
The Nuns And The Lilies
 81 ViewsRate it
The Two Swans
 81 ViewsRate it
Weekend At Mt. Dandenong
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I must be dreaming through the days
 80 ViewsRate it
Noli Me Tangere
 80 ViewsRate it
He has a fairy wife
 79 ViewsRate it
Summer Lightning
 79 ViewsRate it
The love I look for
 79 ViewsRate it
Do you remember still the little song
 77 ViewsRate it
O little year, cram full of duty
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O sweet and fair! These words are mine to use 76 ViewsRate it
Sometimes I am too tired 76 ViewsRate it
Today when you went up the hill 76 ViewsRate it
I love to see 74 ViewsRate it
If I had six white horses 74 ViewsRate it
I'm like all lovers, wanting love to be
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O little plum tree in the garden, you're
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They are so glad of a young companion,
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Today I saw 72 ViewsRate it
She has all Ireland in her blood
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Now I've been three days 70 ViewsRate it
O you, dear trees, you have learned so much of beauty
 70 ViewsRate it
Sometimes I watch you, mark your brooding eyes
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When day is over
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Ours was a friendship in secret
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Revolution
 69 ViewsRate it
To look across at Moira gives me pleasure 69 ViewsRate it
I have three loves who are all most dear
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The Tyrant 68 ViewsRate it
To Plato's dictum 68 ViewsRate it
Today is rebels' day. And yet we work 68 ViewsRate it
I am no mystic
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I read a statement in a newspaper
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Skirt Machinist 65 ViewsRate it
A Bronte Legend
 63 ViewsRate it
Lovers Parted
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A lady and I were walking
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Today, in class, 62 ViewsRate it
My heart is a pomegranate full of sweet fancies
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The Psychological Craze
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I dreamt last night
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I have to make a soul for one
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Little Ships
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Today they made a bonfire
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Grotesque
 56 ViewsRate it
I used to have dozens of handkerchiefs 56 ViewsRate it
God Speaks
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I'd like to spend long hours at home
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A Blouse Machinist 54 ViewsRate it
I was sad
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My mission in the world 54 ViewsRate it
How funny it would be if dreamy I
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When I am articled 50 ViewsRate it
I found an orchid in the valley fair, 49 ViewsRate it
In this little school
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Miss Mary Fairfax 49 ViewsRate it
Suburban Dames
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He had served eighty masters. They'd have said 48 ViewsRate it
Learning Geography
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A Meaning Learnt 47 ViewsRate it
Flowers And Light
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Martha
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Polytheist
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The people have drunk the wine of peace
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Body And Soul
 46 ViewsRate it
Cherry plum blossom in an old tin jug
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He looks in my heart and the image there
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Lie-a-bed
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Green and blue
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I bought a red hat
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I have golden shoes
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This evening I'm alone. 43 ViewsRate it
When my lover put the sea between us
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White Sunshine
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Emmie, Emmie Adams 40 ViewsRate it
This year I have seen autumn with new eyes
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We climbed that hill,
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Appearances 39 ViewsRate it
Hecate's Due
 36 ViewsRate it
Sometimes I wish that I were Helen-fair
 36 ViewsRate it
Oh, oh Rosalie
 34 ViewsRate it
The Melbourne Cup
 34 ViewsRate it
When I was still a child
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Ay, ay, ay, the lilies of the garden
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A Sophistical Argument
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I came to live in Sophia Street 32 ViewsRate it
I dreamt last night of happy home-comings
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Though I had lost my love
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The Folk I Love 31 ViewsRate it
The Sisters
 31 ViewsRate it
When I go up to work the young blue sea
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Last night, in a dream
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A Prayer To Saint Rosa
 28 ViewsRate it
Three Teachers
 27 ViewsRate it
Child Sun
 25 ViewsRate it
The Moonlit Room
 23 ViewsRate it

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