HIS lot how glorious whom the must shall name
Her first high-priest in this bright southern clime!
Aglow with light from her aspiring flame,
Catching the raptures of her Grecian prime,
Lifting these later days to heights sublime,
So shall he walk the glorious path of fame;
He boldly quarryeth from nature-s frame
The sculptured marble of his lofty thyme
Enbreathed with beauty; o-er his splendid page
Shall glow his country-women-s lustrous eyes,
And many a future hero-s noble rage
His flame shall kindle; all the brave and wise,
Breathing his influence from age to age,
Shall sound his glory to his native skies.
Australia's First Great Poet
Charles Harpur
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Poem topics: beauty, brave, future, hero, light, nature, noble, walk, women, wise, bright, country, high, prime, sound, sublime, native, flame, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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