Quote#Nature
O radiant Land! o'er whom the sun's first dawning
Quote byJohn Farrell · 1851–1904
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Australia", st. 1. Andrew Garran (ed.) Australasia Illustrated (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co, 1892) vol. 1, p. xi. Revised in How He Died and Other Poems (Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1905) p. 1: "... Whitening to wondrous deeps of stars by night.".
English (original)
O radiant Land! o'er whom the sun's first dawning Fell brightest when God said, "Let there be light"; O'er whom the day hung out its bluest awning Flushed to white deeps of star-lustre by night!
— John Farrell
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