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But, no! that proud intrepid heart clave to its purpose high, 
Like Afric's martyr-traveller, resolved to do or die; 
Like him to find a lonely death in desert sands of flame, 
Or win a bright eternity of high and glorious fame ! 
Oft in the silent Wilderness, when brave men might have quailed, 
Have thine unfailing energies to soothe and cheer prevailed ; 
For well thy hope-inspiring voice could speak of perils past, 
And picture each approaching one less deadly than the last. 
And oft e'en that stout heart of thine has saddened to despair, 
When o'er some mild and lonely scene the moonlight shining fair, 
Hath bid thy softened spirit feel how lonely were thy lot 
To die—thy mission unfulfilled, unknown, unwept, forgot. 
And when beside thy comrade's grave, thy stricken heart bowed down, 
And wept o'er that glad spirit's wreck, its dream of young renown, 
Oh! there was bitterness of soul in the silent prayer that rose, 
Ere they left him in the Desert to his long and lone repose. 
At length the hour of triumph came; the white man's track appeared; - 
Visions of bright and holy joy thy toil-worn spirit cheered ; i 
A glorious pride lit up thy heart, and glowed upon thy brow, 
For Leichardt’s name among the great and good is deathless now. 
Thy noble work of victory by deeds of blood unstained, 
For man's appointed purposes a glorious world obtained ; . 
Thy step upon the Wilderness, the harbingers, of peace, 
Hath bid that wild and savage night of solitude to cease. — 
Proud man! in ages yet to come the hist'ry shall be told 
Of that adventurous Traveller, the generous, true, and bold, 
Who, spurning hope of selfish gain, disdaining soft repose, 
First mm the — a to blossom - the rose. 
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| Since the above observations < on: Dr. Leichardt’s j oe 
were written, intelligence has reached this country of 
return to Sydney ‘of Sir T. L. Mitchell from his expedi! 
_ to the northern: Parts of Australia, am extracto from. 
