Here you will find thePoemSonnets of the Empire: Australia 1905of poet Archibald Thomas Strong
Careless she lies along the Southern Main, The lovely maiden, wanton with the spell Of sun and vastness and the ocean swell: Northward the great gnomes watch her beauty, fain To snatch her wealth of gold and fleece and grain, And bend her being to their purpose fell: But she lies lazy, and the passing bell Of older glory stirs her sense in vain. Nor shall she wake and know her danger near Till some high heart and true, her fated lord, Shall kiss her lips, and all her will control, And fill her wayward heart with holy fear, And cross her forehead with his iron sword, And bring her strength, and armour, and a soul.
