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THE ROCK-LILY (NEW SOUTH WALES) by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: THE AMBER-TINTED LEVEL SANDS
Last Line: THE GLORY OF THESE AUSTRAL PLAINS.
Subject(s): AUSTRALIA; FLOWERS; LILIES;
The amber-tinted level sands
Unbroken stretch for leagues away
Beyond these granite slabs, dull grey
And lifeless, herbless -- save where stands
The mighty rock-flow'r towering high,
With carmine blooms crowned gloriously:
A giant amongst flowers it reigns;
The glory of these Austral plains.



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