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They have passed�察�have the elders of time ´ they have gone�察�but the work of their hands��
Pre´eminent�察�peerless�察�sublime�察�like a type of eternity stands��
They are mute�察�are the fathers who made this church in the century dim��
But the dome with their beauty arrayed remains�察�a perpetual hymn。
Their names are unknown�察�but so long as the humble in spirit and pure
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Are worshipped in speech and in song�察�our love for these monks will endure��
And the lesson by sacrifice taught will live in the light of the years
With a reverence not to be bought�察�and a tenderness deeper than tears。
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ROVER
No classic warrior tempts my pen
To fill with verse these pages ´
No lordly´hearted man of men
My Muse's thought engages。
Let others choose the mighty dead��
And sing their battles over��
My champion�察�too�察�has fought and bled ´
My theme is one´eyed Rover。
A grave old dog�察�with tattered ears
Too sore to cock up�察�reader� �
A four´legged hero�察�full of years��
But sturdy as a cedar。
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Still�察�age is age�察�and if my rhyme
Is dashed with words pathetic��
Don't wonder�察�friend�察�I've seen the time
When Rove was more athletic。
He lies coiled up before me now��
A comfortable crescent。
His night´black nose and grizzled brow
Fixed in a fashion pleasant。
But ever and anon he lifts
The one good eye I mention��
And tries a thousand doggish shifts
To rivet my attention。
Just let me name his name�察�and up
You'll see him start and patter
Towards me�察�like a six´months' pup
In point of speed�察�but fatter。
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He pokes his head upon my lap��
Nor heeds the whip above him��
Because he knows�察�the dear old chap��
His human friends all love him。
Our younger dogs cut off from hence
At sight of lash uplifted��
But Rove�察�with grand indifference��
Remains�察�and can't be shifted。
And�察�ah� �the set upon his phiz
At meals defies expression��
For I confess that Rover is
A cadger by profession。
The lesser favourites of the place
At dinner keep their distance��
But by my chair one grizzled face
Begs on with brave persistence。
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His jaws present a toothless sight��
But still my hearty hero
Can satisfy an appetite
Which brings a bone to zero。
And while Spot barks and pussy mews��
To move the cook's compassion��
He takes his after´dinner snooze
In genuine biped fashion。
In fact�察�in this�察�our ancient pet
So hits off human nature��
That I at times almost forget
He's but a dog in feature。
Between his tail and bright old eye
The swift communications
Outstrip the messages which fly
From telegraphic stations。
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And�察�ah� �that tail's rich eloquence
Conveys too clear a moral��
For men who have a grain of sense
About its drift to quarrel。
At night�察�his voice is only heard
When it is wanted badly��
For Rover is too cute a bird
To follow shadows madly。
The pup and Carlo in the dark
Will start at crickets chirring��
But when we hear the old dog bark
We know there's something stirring。
He knows a gun�察�does Rover here��
And if I cock a trigger��
He makes himself from tail to ear
An admirable figure。
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For�察�once the fowling piece is out��
And game is on the tapis��
The set upon my hero's snout
Would make a cockle happy。
And as for horses�察�why�察�betwixt
Our chestnut mare and Rover
The mutual friendship is as fixed
As any love of lover。
And when his master's hand resigns
The bridle for the paddle��
His dogship on the grass reclines��
And stays and minds the saddle。
Of other friends he has no lack��
Grey pussy is his crony��
And kittens mount upon his back��
As youngsters mount a pony。
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They talk of man's superior sense��
And charge the few with treason
Who think a dog's intelligence
Is very like our reason。
But though Philosophy has tried
A score of definitions��
'Twixt man and dog it can't decide
The relative positions。
And I believe upon the whole
��Though you my creed deny�察�sir����
That Rove's entitled to a soul
As much as you or I�察�sir��
Indeed�察�I fail to see the force
Of your derisive laughter
Because I will not say my horse
Has not some horse´hereafter。
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A fig for dogmas ´ let them pass��
There's much in life to grieve us��
And what most grieves is this�察�alas��
That all our best friends leave us。
And when I sip my nightly grog��
And watch old Rover blinking��
This royal ruin of a dog
Calls forth some serious thinking。
For�察�though he's lightly touched by Fate��
I cannot help remarking
The step of age is in his gait��
Its hoarseness in his barking。
He still goes on his rounds at night
To keep off forest prowlers��
But�察�ah� �he has no teeth to bite
The cunning´hearted howlers。
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Not like the Rover that�察�erewhile��
Gave droves of dingoes battle��
And dashed through flood and fierce defile ´
The friend�察�but dread�察�of cattle。
Not like to him that�察�in past years��
Won fight by fight�察�and scattered
Whole tribes of dogs with rags of ears
And tail´ends torn and tattered。
But while time tells upon our pet��
And makes him greyer daily��
He is a noble fellow yet��
And wears his old age gaily。
Still�察�dogs must die�察�and in the end��
When he is past caressing��
We'll mourn him like some human friend
Whose presence was a blessing。
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Till then�察�be bread and peace his lot ´
A life of calm and clover��
The pup may sleep outside with Spot ´
We'll keep the nook for Rover。
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THE MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION
WRITTEN FOR MUSIC
I。
BROTHERS from far´away lands��
Sons of the fathers of fame��
Here are our hearts and our hands ´
This is our song of acclaim。
Lords from magnificent zones��
Shores of superlative sway��
Awful with lustre of thrones��
This is our greeting to´day。
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Europe and Asia are here ´
Shining they enter our ports��
She that is half of the sphere
Beams like a sun in our courts。
Children of elders whose day
Shone to the planet's white ends��
Meet�察�in the noble old way��
Sons of your forefather's friends。
II。
Dressed is the beautiful city ´ the spires of it
Burn in the firmament stately and still��
Forest has vanished ´ the wood and the lyres of it��
Lutes of the sea´wind and harps of the hill。
This is the region�察�and here is the bay by it��
Collins�察�the deathless�察�beheld in a dream��
Flinders and Fawkner�察�our forefathers grey�察�by it
Paused in the hush of a season supreme。
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Here�察�on the waters of majesty near to us��
Lingered the leaders by towers of flame��
Elders who turn from the lordly old year to us
Crowned with the lights of ineffable fame。
III。
Nine and seventy years ago��
Up the blaze of yonder bay��
On a great exalted day��
Came from seas august with snow ´
Waters where the whirlwinds blow ´
First of England's sons who stood
By the deep green�察�bygone wood
Where the wild song used to flow
Nine and seventy years ago。
Five and forty years ago��
On a grand auspicious morn
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When the South Wind blew his horn��
Where the splendid mountains glow ´
Peaks that God and Sunrise know ´
Came the fearless�察�famous band��
Founders of our radiant land��
From the lawns where roses grow��
Five and forty years ago。
IV。
By gracious slopes of fair green hills��
In shadows cool and deep��
Where floats the psalm of many rills��
The noble elders sleep。
But while their children's children last��
While seed from seedling springs��
The print and perfume of their past
Will be as deathless things。
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Their voices are with vanished years��
With other days and hours��
Their homes are sanctified by tears ´
They sleep amongst the flowers。
They do not walk by street or stream��
Or tread by grove or shore��
But�察�in the nation's highest dream��
They shine for evermore。
V。
By lawny slope and lucent strand
Are singing flags of every land��
On streams of splendour ´ bays impearled ´
The keels are here of all the world。
With lutes of light and cymbals clear
We waft goodwill to every sphere。
The links of love to´day are thrown
From sea to sea ´ from zone to zone��
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And�察�lo� �we greet�察�in glory drest��
The lords that come from east and west��
And march like noble children forth
To meet our fathers from the North��
VI。
To Thee be the glory�察�All´Bountiful Giver��
The song that we sing is an anthem to Thee��
Whose blessing is shed on Thy people for ever��
Whose love is like beautiful light on the sea。
Behold�察�with high sense of Thy mercy unsleeping��
We come to Thee�察�kneel to Thee�察�praise Thee�察�and pray��
O Lord�察�in whose han
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