William Gay (1812 - 1897 / England)

Poems of William Gay

1. A Sonnet of Battle 1/1/2004
2. Australia 1894 1/1/2004
3. Australia Infelix 1/1/2004
4. Australian Federation 1/1/2004
5. Life From 1835 to 1851 4/21/2010
6. No My Friends No! 4/21/2010
7. Primroses 4/21/2010
8. The Crazy World 1/1/2004
9. The Ex Official's Lament 4/21/2010
10. To M. 1/1/2004
11. Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum 1/1/2004

Australian Federation

FROM all division let our land be free,
For God has made her one: complete she lies
Within the unbroken circle of the skies,
And round her indivisible the sea
Breaks on her single shore; while only we,
Her foster children, bound with sacred ties
Of one dear blood, one storied enterprise,
Are negligent of her integrity.—
Her seamless garment, at great Mammon’s nod,

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