<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357511" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Country Towns - Portland</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Here she hides, an aged dame.<br>Here she dreams beside the waves.<br>Ever baulked of modern fame<br>And the deep-sea trade she craves.<br>Tall ships, riding at her port,<br> Waking her to life anew -<br>Here she hides, and holds the fort,<br> Hoping yet dreams will come true.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Charming lady, dignified,<br> Proud, hospitable and kind;<br>With full half her rights denied.<br>Here she waits, and calls to mind<br>Pictures of the olden days<br>When the whalers, sailing down<br>To her quiet waterways<br>Gave first promise to her town.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">First came Dutton - half forgot <br>To establish well her claim<br>As the land's historic spot.<br>After him stout Henry came;<br>Followed Major Mitchell then,<br>Pushing forward with the task <br>Still she waits, denied by men<br>All she has a right to ask.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But Dame Portland is not done;<br>For her pioneering blood<br>Yet shall have ambition won,<br>And her fortunes at the flood.<br>Tall ships riding at her port<br>Thriving life about her strand;<br>She, the storehouse and the fort<br>Of her fertile hinterland.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Clarence+Michael+James+Stanislaus+Dennis">Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=357511" data-title="Country Towns - Portland de Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis" data-description="Here she hides, an aged dame. Here she dreams beside the waves. Ever baulked of modern fame And the deep-sea trade she craves. Tall ships, riding at her port, Waking her to life anew - Here she hides, and holds the fort, Hoping yet dreams will c..."></div> </div> </div>

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