The Dominion (Brunton Stephens poem)
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| "The Dominion" | |
|---|---|
| by J. Brunton Stephens | |
| First published in | The Queenslander |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publication date | 4 August 1877 |
| Lines | 56 |
| Full text | |
 The Dominion at Wikisource | |
"The Dominion" (1877) is a poem by Australian poet J. Brunton Stephens. It is also known by the titles "The Dominion of Australia" and "The Dominion of Australia : A Forecast : 1877".[1]
It was originally published in The Queenslander on 4 August 1877,[2] and was subsequently reprinted in the author's poetry collections and a number of Australian poetry anthologies.[1]
In his volume A History of Australian Literature H. M. Green noted that, in this poem, "eloquence becomes poetry, and no finer poem of its kind has come out of this country."[3]
Writing about the role of poetry as a vehicle for political thought in the late 1800s, Jamie Grant noted that this "poem, written in 1877, was widely regarded as the best, as well as one of the earliest, of all the versified arguments for the coming Federation."[4]