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Australia Federata

19th Century


Australia! land of lonely lake
         And serpent-haunted fen;
Land of the torrent and the fire
         And forest-sundered men:
Thou art not now as thou shalt be
         When the stern invaders come,
In the hush before the hurricane,
         The dread before the drum.

A louder thunder shall be heard
         Than echoes on thy shore,
When o'er the blackened basalt cliffs
         The foreign cannon roar --
When the stand is made in the sheoaks' shade
         When heroes fall for thee,
And the creeks in gloomy gullies run
         Dark crimson to the sea:

When under honeysuckles gray,
         And wattles' swaying gold,
The stalwart arm may strike no more,
         The valiant heart is cold --
When thou shalt know the agony,
         The fever, and the strife
Of those who wrestle against odds
         For liberty and life:

Then is the great Dominion born,
         The seven sisters bound,
From Sydney's greenly wooded port
         To lone King George's Sound --
Then shall the islands of the south,
         The lands of bloom and snow,
Forth from their isolation come
         To meet the common foe.

Then, only then -- when after war
         Is peace with honour born,
When from the bosom of the night
         Comes golden-sandalled morn,
When laurelled victory is thine,
         And the day of battle done,
Shall the heart of a mighty people stir,
         And Australia be as one.


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