PANEGYRIC 
OY AY EMINENT ARTIST, 
Asarranvatta, 
NEW SOUTH WALES, 
1804. 
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1. 
Nature! Where dwells in these Australian lands 
Thy faithful Copyist ? Whose art expands 
Thy novel beauties o’er our ancient Globe ? 
Who to far distant Climes thy Charms derobe ? 
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Modest, laborious, steady in his Plan, 
I view, admire, venerate the Man; 
And lest neglect a tender Genius blight, 
Cheer, Muse! his patience, usher Him to light. 
3. 
Lewin ! rare, beauteous plant in Genius’ Vale, 
Painter! Engraver! Nature’s Wooer! hail: 
Courage, thy Labours consecrate thy Fame, 
Ages to come shall venerate thy Name. 
A, 
When thy preductions European eyes 
Gaze on and Nature ; struck with glad surprise 
We think She blossoms but at Lewin’s will; 
Thine imitations mark such wond’rous skill ! 
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5. 
Whether thine hand delineating draw 
Insect, or Bird, or crimson Warrataw ; 
In each, in All, thine Art we can forgive, 
When things inanimate appear to live. 
6. 
Touch’d with delight, involuntary thought 
Rebounds to England, where (thy Labours sought) 
Her Sons uNANiMovs shall tribute pay 
Thee! Wand’rer! searching Nature’s thorny way. 
Pee ae ber De Gear 2 4. 
