James Lister Cuthbertson Life Poems
- 1. Australia Federata
Australia! land of lonely lake
And serpent-haunted fen;
Land of the torrent and the fire
And forest-sundered men:
... - 2. To A Billy
OLD BILLYâ??battered, brown and black
With many days of camping,
Companion of the bulging sack,
And friend in all our tramping:
... - 3. At Cape Schanck
Down to the lighthouse pillar
The rolling woodland comes,
Gay with the gold of she-oaks
And the green of the stunted gums,
... - 4. Australian Federata
AUSTRALIA! land of lonely lake
And serpent-haunted fen;
Land of the torrent and the fire
And forest-sundered men:
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