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

164. When

WHEN mine hour is come

Let no teardrop fall

And no darkness hover

Round me where I lie.

Let the vastness call

One who was its lover,

Let me breathe the sky.

Where the lordly light

Walks along the world,

And its silent tread

Leaves the grasses bright,

Leaves the flowers uncurled,

Let me to the dead

Breathe a gay goodnight.