| Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918. |
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| 73. Sweethearts |
| | | By Mary Gilmore |
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| IT’S gettin’ bits o’ posies, | |
| ’N’ feelin’ mighty good; | |
| A-thrillin’ ’cause she loves you, | |
| An’ wond’rin’ why she should; | |
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| An’ stoppin’ sort o’ sudden, | 5 |
| Because you’re full o’ thought; | |
| An’ quick with res’less feelin’s | |
| That make life seem too short! | |
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| It’s feelin’ ’s if she’d loved you | |
| Before the world was made; | 10 |
| As if she still would love you, | |
| When all our debts are paid; | |
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| As if there’s nothin’ mattered, | |
| As if the world was good, | |
| As if the Lord was lookin’, | 15 |
| An’ sort o’ understood. | |
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| It’s feelin’ kind an’ gentle | |
| To everything that’s weak, | |
| And doin’ jus’ sich actions | |
| As nearly seem to speak; | 20 |
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| Sich actions women reckon | |
| Are certain to occur | |
| When he’s in love with some one, | |
| And that some one is—her. | |
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