To Tom Bracken

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O HAD you tracked where Kendall* trod
  I think you would be kneelin’
Three times a week and thankin’ God
  That you are of New Zealan’!
For this I’ll say, to make it short,
  An’ keep my tongue from clacken—
The people are a kinder sort
  You’re singin’ for, Tom Bracken.

© Henry Lawson