Excerpt from Australian Poems Having frequently filled up my leisure moments by scribbling, without the slightest intention of presenting my pieces to the public eye, acquaintances have done me the honour on several occasions of requesting copies of them, while others have advised their publication; by following this advice an opportunity is given of benefiting a noble institution in the Colony, the "Home for Incurables," to which purpose the profits arising from the "Australian Poems" will be devoted. Some years since on having a small collection printed in aid of St. Augustine's Church, Unley, so much success attended that undertaking that I am encouraged to help forward another worthy object. The Lord Bishop has kindly permitted me to dedicate the book to him, and I trust that its publication will be attended with success. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.