Classic Poem

Australia for ever!
Beloved home giver,
Bright haven of rest the wide ocean between;
How many in sorrow
Take heart for the morrow,
When nearing thy borders thy beauty is seen.

The weary world ranger,
The poor and the stranger,
Find all that they need on thy bountiful shore;
With hope's sweet annealing
Soft over them stealing
They bless thee, resolving to wander no more.

Australia for ever!
Fond hearts leap and quiver
With pleasure and pride as they echo thy praise;
And ready whenever
The word is “together,”
To beat or to bleed thy proud banner to raise.