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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUSTRALIAN TRANSCRIPTS: IN THE FERN, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography
First Line: The feathery fern-trees make a screen
Last Line: Of lime-tree in an english june.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Australia; Flowers; Trees
First Line: The feathery fern-trees make a screen
Last Line: Of lime-tree in an english june.
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Australia; Flowers; Trees
The feathery fern-trees make a screen
Wherethrough the sunglare cannot pass --
Fern, gum; and lofty sassafras:
The founds sweep over, palely green;
And underneath are orchids curl'd
Adream through this cool shadow-world;
A fragrant greenness -- like the noon
Of lime-tree in an English June.
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