Re Dorothea Mackellar - she is one of Australia's best loved poets, and her poem "My Country" is unofficially our national poem. Unfortunately, there is no website with her works at the moment.
Spring, and the world�s astir,
And everything gives praise.
�Spring on the Plains� by Dorothea Mackellar.
Sweet September come! We need your touch
across our winter-devastated land.
Old winter�s fist still has us in its clutch,
and withered leaves show where that cruel hand
has spread its burning frost; our trees seem dead.
The ferns are curled and brown, the grass is dry.
One tiny snowdrop sadly shakes its head
as frozen day by frozen day goes by.
A small brown bird sings love songs to his mate,
he�s full of restless energy, and flicks
from branch to branch; but who would contemplate
to nest on unreceptive leafless sticks?
September! Oh for Dorothea�s spring
with welcome rain and lovely longer days;
the spicy scents that first warm breeze can bring,
when all the world�s astir, and everything gives praise.
� Judie Peet 2002
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