TO MY FRIEND SYDNEY JEPHCOTT,

By Francis William Lauderdale Adams

“Take with all my heart, friend, this,

The labour of my past,

Though the heart here hidden is

And the soul's eternities

Hold the present fast.

“Take it, still, with soul and heart,

Pledge of that dear day

When the shadows stir and start,

By the bright Sun burst apart —

Young Australia!”