Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918.

99. A New Being

I KNOW myself no more, my child,

Since thou art come to me,

Pity so tender and so wild

Hath wrapped my thoughts of thee.

These thoughts, a fiery gentle rain,

Are from the Mother shed,

Where many a broken heart hath lain

And many a weeping head.