(The friend my verse won for me) <br /> <br />With a Copy of My 'Poetical Works' <br />'TAKE with all my heart, friend, this, <br />The labour of my past, <br />Though the heart here hidden is <br />And the soul's eternities <br />Hold the present fast. <br />'Take it, still, with soul and heart, <br />Pledge of that dear day <br />When the shadows stir and start, <br />By the bright Sun burst apart — <br />Young Australia!'<br /><br />Francis William Lauderdale Adams<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-sydney-jephcott/
