AUSTRALIA VICTRIX.
THE LESSON OF THE LICKING. (From “Pinch.") Well done, “Cornstalks !” Whipt us, Fair and square I Was it luck that tript us ? Was it “ scare Kangaroo Land’s “ Demod,” or our own Want of “devil,” coolness, nerve, backbone? Anyhow, stow nagging I Whipt we are. Boggling’s bad as bragging : England’s star Seems, to somß at least, here to have sunk Through the worst of Captains,Captain Funk. But the lesson’s ready, Dash and skill Fail without cool, steady Nerve and will. That’s the best team that calmly pulls together, Uphill or downhill, fine or dirty weather. There they had us, Hornby. Let the tip Not be put with scorn by. They who'd whip Murdoch’s lot must ne’er be dashed or struck. Steady does it, Sirs, and Pluck is Luck I
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1189, 31 October 1882, Page 2
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130AUSTRALIA VICTRIX. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1189, 31 October 1882, Page 2
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