<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538488" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Filling of the Swamps</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hurrah for the storm-clouds sweeping! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hurrah for the driving rain! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The dull earth out of her sleeping </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Is wakened to life again. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">There are mirrors of crystal shining </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Whenever the cloud-wrack breaks, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And grass-clad banks are twining </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A wreath for the fairy lakes - - - </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lakes that are links in an endless chain </div><div style="margin:10px 0">For the water is out in the swamps again! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hurrah for the red-gums standing </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So high on the range above! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hurrah for the she-oaks bending </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So low to the wave they love! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hurrah for the reed-stems slender! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hurrah for the shade they fling, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">For the curve of the cygnet's splendour, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The sheen of the black duck's wing! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hurrah for the clouds and the glorious rain - - - </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The water is out in the swamps again! </div><div style="margin:10px 0"> </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hurrah for the laughing water, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The songs that the streamlets sing! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Whish! The teal duck's mate has sought her </div><div style="margin:10px 0">With a stroke of his mottled wing! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hurrah for the deepening shadows, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The ibis's eagle-eyed, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The dash of the purple swallows, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">To bury their breasts in the tide! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Woe! It is woe to the Drought-King's reign! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The water is out in the swamps again!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Henry+Ogilvie">William Henry Ogilvie</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=538488" data-title="The Filling of the Swamps de William Henry Ogilvie" data-description="Hurrah for the storm-clouds sweeping! Hurrah for the driving rain! The dull earth out of her sleeping Is wakened to life again. There are mirrors of crystal shining Whenever the cloud-wrack breaks, And grass-clad banks are twining A ..."></div> </div> </div>

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