An Anthology of Australian Verse/Words

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WORDS

Words are deeds. The words we hearMay revolutionize or rearA mighty state. The words we readMay be a spiritual deedExcelling any fleshly one, ​As much as the celestial sunTranscends a bonfire, made to throwA light upon some raree-show,A simple proverb tagged with rhymeMay colour half the course of time;The pregnant saying of a sageMay influence every coming age;A song in its effects may beMore glorious than Thermopylæ,And many a lay that schoolboys scanA nobler feat than Inkerman.

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