'Keep white the strain!" <br />Oh! brothers mine, in bitter shame <br />Australia kneels and makes the prayer; <br />Wrench out the loathsome lusts and swear <br />To be men worthy of the name; <br />To hold your manhood with such price, <br />Such love of lineage and race, <br />That, when the nations give her place, <br />She shall go forth all purified. <br /> <br />"Keep white the strain!" <br />Oh, maiden of the sunny south <br />Slim maiden, trim and typical <br />Let not forbidden kisses fall <br />Upon thy sweet love-drenched mouth; <br />But rather teach the alien earth, <br />The Island and the Asian horde, <br />Thy body, by thine own accord, <br />Shall bear true witness of thy birth. <br /> <br />For this is our most sacred trust, <br />That ye shall in the full maintain, <br />Whether in simple love or lust - <br />"Keep white the strain!"<br /><br />Anonymous Oceania<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/keep-white-the-strain/
