Walter Murdoch (1874–1970). The Oxford Book of Australasian Verse. 1918.
91. Truth
T
To him ’twas a deed:
To those who retaught it,
A chain on their speed.
A beacon by night,
When darkness has dwindled
Grows pale in the light.
Stays long in one dwelling,
And time has no story
That’s true twice in telling.
That never was spoken
Is worthy thy reaching,
The fountain unbroken.