‘Twas a land set apart for a nation <br />Predestined for times like these – <br />Se apart, in the Great Creation, <br />By its place in the midst of the seas; <br />‘Tis a land where national honour <br />Might rise with a stained name! <br />And the people be wise and prosper, <br />And freedom forgot her shame! <br />And the wealth of the people only <br />Be told by the wealth of the State <br />In the dawn of the Worlds enlightenment <br />To the old lands come too late!<br /><br />Henry Lawson<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/twas-a-land-set-apart/
