AUSTRALIA, advancing with rapid winged stride, <br />Shall plant among nations her banners in pride, <br />The yoke of dependence aside she will cast, <br />And build on the ruins and wrecks of the Past. <br />Her flag on the tempest will wave to proclaim <br />’Mong kingdoms and empires her national name; <br />The Future shall see it, asleep or unfurl’d, <br />The shelter of Freedom and boast of the world. <br /> <br />Australia, advancing like day on the sky, <br />Has glimmer’d thro’ darkness, will blazon on high, <br />A Gem in its glitter has yet to be seen, <br />When Progress has placed her where England has been; <br />When bursting those limits above she will soar, <br />Outstretching all rivals who’ve mounted before, <br />And, resting, will blaze with her glories unfurl’d, <br />The empire of empires and boast of the world. <br /> <br />Australia, advancing with Power, will entwine <br />With Honour and Justice a Mercy divine; <br />No Despot shall trample—no slave shall be bound— <br />Oppression must totter and fall to the ground. <br />The stain of all ages, tyrannical sway, <br />Will pass like a flash or a shadow away, <br />And shrink to nothing ’neath thunderbolts hurl’d <br />From the hand of the terror—the boast of the world. <br /> <br />Australia, advancing with rapid wing’d stride, <br />Shall plant among nations her banners in pride; <br />The yoke of dependence aside she will cast, <br />And build on the ruins and wrecks of the Past. <br />Her flag in the tempest will wave to proclaim, <br />’Mong kingdoms and empires her national name, <br />And Ages shall see it, asleep or unfurl’d <br />The shelter of Freedom and boast of the world.<br /><br />Henry Kendall<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-far-future/
