Percy Russell

Percy Russell (1847 – after 1889) was an Australian poet. Quotes Not ’mid the thunder of the battle guns,Not on the red field of an Empire’s wrath,Rose to a nation Australasia’s sons,Who tread to greatness Industry’s pure path!Behold a people thro’ whose annals runsNo damning stain of falsehood, force or fraud,Whose sceptre is the plough-share—not the sword—Whose glory lives in harvest-ripening suns.Where, ’mid the records of old Rome or Greece,Glows such a tale? Thou canst not answer, Time!With shield unsullied by a single crime,Her wealth of gold, and still more golden fleece,Forth stands Australia, in her birth sublime—The only nation from the womb of Peace! "The Birth of Australia", in The West Australian (19 February 1885). Appended to A Journey to Lake Taupo, and Australian and New Zealand Tales and Sketches (London: E. A. Petherick & Co., 1889) External links Q141169728 Category:1847 births Category:Poets from Australia