[Editor: This poem by David Blair (1820-1899), about the Melbourne Exhibition of 1854, was published in The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 17 October 1854.] The Exhibition Ode. Lo! the fabric as it rises Stately, luminous, and grand, Well the future symbolises Of this fair … [Read more...] about The Exhibition Ode [poem by David Blair, 17 October 1854]