Frank S. Williamson

thumb| Francis Samuel Williamson (18 January 1865 – 6 February 1936) was an Australian poet who was published under the name Frank S. Williamson. Quotes What shall I wish you Robbie Croll—A girl, a book, or wine?For sages tell, who these controlShall taste of the divine.A star-eyed girl—a mouth of roseTo kiss and cling and sigh,The houri Moslem heaven bestowsWhen true believers die?A book of song, of youth and love,And joy refined by pain—That breathes of beauty gone aboveEre Time could Love arraign?Or purple wine that holds the fireFlung by enamoured suns,That thrills the blood, and stirs the lyre,And sybils makes of nuns?Yea, take them all, the book and girl—But stint the luring cup,For there, like Cleopatra's pearl,My soul has shrivelled up. Verses sent to R. C. Croll from a country school (Tragowel) in December, 1911, "as a kind of Christmas greeting"; quoted in Croll's memoir I Recall: Collections and Recollections (1939) ch. 9 External links Wine, women and song Category:1865 births Category:1936 deaths Category:Poets from Australia Category:People from Melbourne