She talks of the country around Powlett river <br />And the highlands of South Gippsland gray to brown <br />And though her search for self betterment has brought her north to Sydney <br />She still remembers old Wonthaggi Town. <br /> <br />For the past five years Elvie has lived in Sydney <br />And at twenty five a woman in her prime <br />She is doing quite well in Australia's largest city <br />And she has settled well though it took time. <br /> <br />For the first year she pined for old Wonthaggi <br />And for South Gippsland many miles away <br />But she feels happy that she overcame nostalgia <br />And she feels happy where she's at today. <br /> <br />But still she talks of Dalyston and Kilcunda <br />And of Cape Paterson the sea air and sea spray <br />And Inverloch where she and dad went fishing <br />And Tarwin Lower and the surf beach at Venus Bay. <br /> <br />Elvie feels happy with her lot in Sydney <br />With the better lifestyle and the higher pay <br />But still she often talks about South Gippsland <br />And her home Town of Wonthaggi far away.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/elvie/
