The Poetry Corner

To My Friend Sydney Jephcott, With A Copy Of My "Poetical Works."

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!"