<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=369517" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Australia</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">WHAT can we give in return <br>For her beauty and mystery <br> Of flowering forest, infinite plain, <br> Deep sky and distant mountain-chain, <br>And her triumphant sea, <br>Thundering old songs of liberty? <br> <br>Love—steadfast as her stars, <br>And passionate as her sun, <br> And joyous as the winds, that fling <br> The golden petals of her spring <br>By gully, spur, and run, <br>On dreaming age, and little one: <br> <br>Courage—when courage fails <br>In the blind smoke and pain <br> Of raging fire, and lurid sky, <br> And dumb thirst-driven agony— <br>Till river and creek again <br>Swirl seaward through the teeming rain. <br> <br>Faith—wild flower of the soul, <br>Thrilling the breathless night <br> With fragrance, and the desolate ways <br> Where silence fears to whisper praise, <br>With radiant delight <br>Of wonder—worship in God’s sight. <br> <br>Duty—O great white stars, <br>And glorious red cross, shine <br> On victory, when, rushing forth <br> Against the peril of the North, <br>Australia’s battle-line <br>Flings out Trafalgar’s deathless sign.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Dowell+O%27Reilly">Dowell O'Reilly</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=369517" data-title="Australia de Dowell O'Reilly" data-description="WHAT can we give in return For her beauty and mystery Of flowering forest, infinite plain, Deep sky and distant mountain-chain, And her triumphant sea, Thundering old songs of liberty? Love—steadfast as her stars, And passionate as he..."></div> </div> </div>

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