The Flag of our Destinies Henry Lawson, 1899 With our boundaries swung to the circling seas and a nation named to the world! And the six-starred flag of our destinies on every port unfurled! God grant from Greed or the dust of sleep — or the right by a lie maintained — From all save our blood, if we must, we'll keep the silver and blue unstained! We yield no praise and we speak no blame, for our history's weeds and flowers — But the work of a hundred years we claim as our father's work and ours! Through peace to prosper or war to save — wherever the future runs — May God make noble and strong and brave the hearts of our father's sons.