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Woman that dreams
Sleeps not;
She rises
With the dawn.
Early flowers appear finer;
The meadows are embroidered;
But these flowers, who are they for?
You wish to know
For whom?
Say nothing of it to my spouse,
They are for the pretty shepherd
Who dwells there.
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"The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N." by Ernest Scott.
Matthew Flinders was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of the nineteenth century. As an author he wrote what may be the first work on early Australian exploration A Voyage to Terra Australis. This book was the first full biography of this important figure in Australian history.
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