HELLAS AT WATSON'S BAY

THE wonder tale that Hellas told This hour is mine: The moony mountains lit with gold, The seas of wine, The large gods floating wingless down the world, The incense from dim woodland altars curled, The temples white, The magic of the briny-scented day Chasing the night, And all the young gean winds at play Piping delight !eside the reeds the pool is blue As amethyst, The grass is wet with morning dew, The sun uprist "oo#s on Athene$s bosom, snowy bare, And all the mar%el of her shining hair Tossed by the wind The sweet fear of that beauty & ha%e seen Has made me blind' And all the world is dar# until my (ueen & trembling find )elene, climbing up the s#y, Thin#s me asleep' &n "atmos it is good to lie Amid my sheep' &n "atmos it is good to lie and sip The chaste, wild honey of her %irgin lip *n nights li#e this, +hen all her starry maids with laughter sha#e To #now her bliss , Ah, sly, white (ueen- )he faintly stoops to ta#e .rom dreams a #iss

At +atson$s !ay the sun is fair, The sea is blue' & find Athene standing there +hen & find you' And when along the harbour dus#s at night & watch the steamers trail long feet of light Till the moon rise, )elene comes to #iss me on the lips +ith no surprise' And the old world into the new world dips &n 0ay$s bright eyes
An &rish Heart /1/2 The Lone Hand / Aug /1/3 Pulished as Hellas &llustrated by by 4eorge H 5ancey

Hellas is the modern name of 4reece and modern 4ree#s are called Hellenes The Aegean 6gean 7 Sea an embayment of the 0editerranean located between the mainlands of 4reece and Tur#ey Watsons Bay is located on the southern head of the entrance to )ydney Harbour To the east is the Tasman )ea and to the west is the Harbour with a glorious %iew of the city of )ydney in the distance Athene 6Athena7 the 4ree# goddess of wisdom, of war, crafts of intellect and in%ention and the patron goddess of Athens Athene was #nown by the 8omans as the goddess 0iner%a Selene was the 4ree# goddess of the moon, and more specifically the full moon, Latmos, 6"atmus7 is a ridge of many spurs running in an east-west direction along the north shore of the former Latmian Gulf on the southwest coast of modern Tur#ey,