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THE FLAME-TREE (NEW SOUTH WALES) by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: FOR MILES THE ILLAWARRA RANGE
Last Line: THAT WANDER NOT NOR REACH UP HIGHER.
Subject(s): AUSTRALIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;
For miles the Illawarra range
Runs level with Pacific seas:
What glory when the morning breeze
Upon its slopes doth shift and change
Deep pink and crimson hues, till all
The leagues-long distance seems a wall
Of swift uncurling flames of fire
That wander not nor reach up higher.



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