stand-far-off-and-worship

Updated: June 14, 2025

I reckoned that it was only just going to be a hopeless, heart-breaking, stand-far-off-and-worship affair, as far as I was concerned like my first love affair, that I haven't told you about yet. I was tired of being pitied by good girls. You see, I didn't know women then. If I had known, I think I might have made more than one mess of my life. Jack rode home to Solong every night.

Henry Lawson - Joe Wilson and His Mates