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Born in 1815 / Died in 1896 / Australia / English

Poems by Sir Henry Parkes

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The Buried Chief

...   They brought the Lawyer-Statesman home: ...

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Four Score

... Still keeping through all time their ordered place ...

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Stanzas

... Heaven admit One patriot spirit here, and Freedom's fires are lit! ...

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The Beauteous Terrorist

... She stood — her cheek rose-lighted still — ...

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Solitude

... Groups of climbing, clustering vines, ...

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Sonnet

... Gladden'd your heart on England's shore, oh! Never ...

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Weary

...  Dead sea fruits whose ashes fall, &emsp ...

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Fatherland

...   Shall we not learn, Australians born! &emsp ...