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Oh! the folly, the waste, and the pity! Oh, the time that is flung behind! / They are seeking a site for a city, whose eyes shall be always blind, / Whose love for their ease grows greater, and whose care for their country less -- / They are seeking a site for a city -- a City of Selfishness.
In ignorance, deafness, blindness, in the cities by the sea, / With waste of time and of money, and with local jealousy; / With Anti-Federal envy, and personal paltriness, / They are seeking a site for a city -- while Australia moans in distress.