03.05.2012, 18:27
William Gay
1865 - 1897 Großbritannien / Neeseeland
To Queensland
FAREWELL a season! yet thou wilt arise
Ere long and follow in our steps who lead,
Resolved at last, from word to living deed,
To certain mind from babble and surmise.
Farewell! yet not for long: the secret ties
Of blood will draw thee, and the poor man's need,
The youth's ambition, and the miser's greed,
The patriot's love, the wisdom of the wise.
We grieve that thou art left, yet joyful see
Our nation's sun upon the morning's verge;
And though its earliest beams shine not on thee,
Yet will its splendours mount not far on high
Ere thou from thy unhappy dusk emerge
And be with us beneath one radiant sky.<br />
(On learning that Queensland would have no delegates at the Federal Convention of 1897.)
1865 - 1897 Großbritannien / Neeseeland
To Queensland
FAREWELL a season! yet thou wilt arise
Ere long and follow in our steps who lead,
Resolved at last, from word to living deed,
To certain mind from babble and surmise.
Farewell! yet not for long: the secret ties
Of blood will draw thee, and the poor man's need,
The youth's ambition, and the miser's greed,
The patriot's love, the wisdom of the wise.
We grieve that thou art left, yet joyful see
Our nation's sun upon the morning's verge;
And though its earliest beams shine not on thee,
Yet will its splendours mount not far on high
Ere thou from thy unhappy dusk emerge
And be with us beneath one radiant sky.<br />
(On learning that Queensland would have no delegates at the Federal Convention of 1897.)