In Cornwall and Across the Sea With Poems Written in Devonshire. By Douglas B. W. Sladen |
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TO SIR SAMUEL WILSON,
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TO SIR SAMUEL WILSON,
of Hughenden Manor, Bucks, and Ercildoune, Australia.
Often by hostile critics carped at erstYou have lived down their censure. Now you stand
Known through the length and breadth of this great land
As one who toils for England's greatness first
Nor place and profit afterward, who durst,
When patriot hopes were low and hearts were fanned
By slander's breath to fury, join the band,
Of constant men that braved the wild outburst
Of wrath and hate by fickle millions hurled.
Yours is the steady purpose which has won
History's giants their glory in the world:
You proved its fibre 'neath a fiercer sun,
Where Melbourne's hall attests how well your will
Tamed Austral wilds with wealth your hands to fill.
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