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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 209 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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Raging winter wind
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The Invisible People
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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
O great golden head lie in my lap'
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Tall trees along the road,
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Up in my room on my unmade bed
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Machinist Talking
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Florence kneels down to say her prayers
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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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Somebody brought in lilac
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A Deity
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I count the days until I see you
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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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Day's End 121 ViewsRate it
I had a lover who betrayed me 121 ViewsRate it
You, whom the grave cannot bind
 121 ViewsRate it
Beauty And Terror
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He has picked grapes in the sun.
 119 ViewsRate it
An Improver
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Girl's Love
 118 ViewsRate it
Whenever I think of you, you are alone 118 ViewsRate it
My window pane is broken
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The Silent Dead 116 ViewsRate it
The Wife
 114 ViewsRate it
All Knowledge . . . 113 ViewsRate it
Inventory 113 ViewsRate it
Now all the lovely days are past
 113 ViewsRate it
And is love very strong where honour rules?
 112 ViewsRate it
Closing Time: Public Library 112 ViewsRate it
If you have loved a brave story 111 ViewsRate it
Every night I hurry home to see 108 ViewsRate it
The Contest
 108 ViewsRate it
They say — priests say
 108 ViewsRate it
When I get up to light the fire,
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I have two wings 107 ViewsRate it
Pink eucalyptus flowers 107 ViewsRate it
After Rain
 106 ViewsRate it
I can't feel the sunshine
 106 ViewsRate it
Deliverance Through Art
 105 ViewsRate it
My lovely pixie, my good companion,
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Mortal Poems
 99 ViewsRate it
Pruning Flowering Gums
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All Through The Day At My Machine
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Street Scene—Little Lonsdale St. 98 ViewsRate it
You want a lily
 96 ViewsRate it
I thought I heard something move in the house
 95 ViewsRate it
Sometimes I think the happiest of love's moments
 95 ViewsRate it
What were the good of stars if none looked on them
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Birthday 94 ViewsRate it
I dare not leave the splendid town
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I'd love to have you on a rainy day
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O man, O woman, grievest so?
 94 ViewsRate it
A Parlourmaid
 92 ViewsRate it
Fatherless 92 ViewsRate it
Machinist's Song 92 ViewsRate it
Street Music 91 ViewsRate it
Why does she put me to many indignities
 91 ViewsRate it
You may have other loves,
 91 ViewsRate it
Those must be masts of ships the gazer sees
 90 ViewsRate it
In The Public Library
 88 ViewsRate it
Lawstudent And Coach
 88 ViewsRate it
Dearest, dearest
 87 ViewsRate it
The Immigrant
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Summer Lightning
 86 ViewsRate it
Into old rhyme 85 ViewsRate it
The Electric Tram To Kew
 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
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I must be dreaming through the days
 80 ViewsRate it
Weekend At Mt. Dandenong
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He has a fairy wife
 79 ViewsRate it
Summer Lightning
 79 ViewsRate it
The love I look for
 79 ViewsRate it
Noli Me Tangere
 78 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
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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If I had six white horses 72 ViewsRate it
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
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Ours was a friendship in secret
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To look across at Moira gives me pleasure 69 ViewsRate it
Revolution
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Sometimes I watch you, mark your brooding eyes
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The Tyrant 68 ViewsRate it
To Plato's dictum 68 ViewsRate it
I am no mystic
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I have three loves who are all most dear
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When day is over
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I read a statement in a newspaper
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Skirt Machinist 65 ViewsRate it
Today is rebels' day. And yet we work 65 ViewsRate it
A Bronte Legend
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A lady and I were walking
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Lovers Parted
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My heart is a pomegranate full of sweet fancies
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Today, in class, 61 ViewsRate it
The Psychological Craze
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I dreamt last night
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Little Ships
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I have to make a soul for one
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Today they made a bonfire
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Grotesque
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I used to have dozens of handkerchiefs 55 ViewsRate it
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 53 ViewsRate it
God Speaks
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When I am articled 50 ViewsRate it
Miss Mary Fairfax 49 ViewsRate it
Suburban Dames
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He had served eighty masters. They'd have said 48 ViewsRate it
How funny it would be if dreamy I
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I found an orchid in the valley fair, 48 ViewsRate it
In this little school
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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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Green and blue
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I bought a red hat
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I have golden shoes
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Lie-a-bed
 44 ViewsRate it
Learning Geography
 43 ViewsRate it
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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Appearances 38 ViewsRate it
We climbed that hill,
 38 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
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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
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When I go up to work the young blue sea
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When I was still a child
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Last night, in a dream
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A Prayer To Saint Rosa
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Three Teachers
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Child Sun
 25 ViewsRate it
The Moonlit Room
 23 ViewsRate it

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