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<font size="12" color="#bfffffff"></font><font size="14" color="#ffffff00">Public Channel: The Intrepid Ones<br><br></font><font size="12" color="#bfffffff">Full many a weary league<br>Of hunger, thirst, and pain<br>Our brave explorer trod,<br>And traversed o'er again,<br>Before he reached the goal,<br>And cooled his burning brow,<br>And stayed his halting steps<br>Where the northern waters flow.<br><br>Grim silence reigned supreme,<br>Save alligator's plash,<br>Or sea-mew's shrilly scream,<br>Or ocean's restless dash;<br>Yet flashed that leader's eye,<br>And triumph filled his soul<br>As he heard the bird's discordant cry,<br>And saw the waters roll.<br><br>Methinks t'were worth a life<br>To stand as there he stood-<br>Forerunner of a dauntless race,<br>Proud rulers of the flood.<br>Across the desert waste<br>He hears their hurrying feet;<br>He sees the flashing wires<br>That mighty empires greet.<br><br>His dream is all fulfilled,<br>Responsive echoes ring<br>Around the circling earth,<br>Sped on the lightning's wing.<br>And what hath he? - a distant grave;<br>Unblazoned is his name;<br>And what have we? - a beaten path<br>To honour, wealth, and fame.<br><br>~Caroline Carleton on Australian explorer McDouall Stuart~</font>
