| Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918. |
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| 2. Weary |
| | | By Sir Henry Parkes |
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| WEARY of the ceaseless war | |
| Beating down the baffled soul,— | |
| Thoughts that like a scimitar | |
| Smite us fainting at the goal. | |
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| Weary of the joys that pain— | 5 |
| Dead sea fruits whose ashes fall, | |
| Drying up the summer’s rain— | |
| Charnel dust in cups of gall! | |
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| Weary of the hopes that fail, | |
| Leading from the narrow way, | 10 |
| Tempting strength to actions frail— | |
| Hand to err, and foot to stray. | |
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| Weary of the battling throng, | |
| False and true in mingled fight; | |
| Weary of the wail of wrong, | 15 |
| And the yearning for the night! | |
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| Weary, weary, weary Heart! | |
| Lacerated, crush’d and dumb. | |
| None to know thee as thou art! | |
| When will rest unbroken come? | 20 |
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