Henry Lawson

“ While the men who made Australia live on damper, junk and tea —
But the quiet voices whisper, 'Wait a while!'
For the sons of all Australia, they were born to conquer fate —
And, where charity and friendship are sincere,
Where a sinner is a brother and a stranger is a mate,
There the future of a nation's written clear.
Aye, the cities claim the triumphs of a land they do not know,
But all empty is the day they celebrate!
For the men who made Australia federated long ago,
And the men to rule Australia — they can wait. ”

“ From the men who own Australia, but who never knew the Bush,
And who could not point their runs out on the map.
Oh, the daily Press will grovel as it never did before,
There'll be many flags of welcome in the air,
And the Civil Service poet, he shall write odes by the score —
But the men who made the land will not be there. ”

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