PURE blue Flag of heaven <br />With your silver stars, <br />Not beside those Crosses' <br />Blood-stained torture-bars: <br />Not beside the token <br />The foul sea-harlot gave, <br />Pure blue Flag of heaven, <br />Must you ever wave! <br />No, but young exultant, <br />Free from care and crime, <br />The soulless selfish England <br />Of this later time: <br />No, but, faithful, noble <br />Rising from her grave, <br />Flag of light and liberty, <br />For ever must you wave!<br /><br />Francis William Lauderdale Adams<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-australian-flag/
