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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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