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the prophetic truth, if he cannot admire the poetic afflatus, of an anonymous Collins Street rhymer, who on the 14th February, 1839, worked off the following effusion for the benefit of an admiring community:—
"Melbourne will rise in mighty state,
And tho' a bantling now,
Will shame her Parent and create
A lustre round her brow.
"Melbourne left in her infant state
To flourish as she may,
Shall, notwithstanding this hard fate,
Behold a brighter day.
"Melbourne will flourish; raise the cup,
Loudly hurra to her glory!
Her day now dawns — her sun is up —
And SUCCESS will be her story."
The "mighty state" and the "brighter day" have come — but, where is the bard?
