Proud Scott Morrison shares daughter's 'beautiful' Australia Day poem

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has stunned the crowd at the Australia Day citizenship ceremony by reciting a poem written by his daughter Lily.

At the National citizenship law firm and Flag Raising ceremony in Canberra on Wednesday, Mr Morrison included the patriotic words penned by the 13 year old in his speech.

The words pay tribute to the relentless spirit of Australians in the face of hardship, and the beauty and ancient history of the sun-soaked land. 

And it even includes a reference to the great Aussie myth of drop bears, the scare story often told to visiting foreigners as a national in-joke.  

'I could not express my love for this country better than the young girl who wrote this verse … It's called My Land Australia,' he told the audience before later revealing it was the work of his own daughter.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison (pictured with wife Jenny and daughters Lily, front left, and Abbey) included his daughter's poem in his Australia Day speech

'My land called Australia.

My heart soiled in loving grace. My cherished home filled with love and ancient dreaming. The high mountain ranges in between my gazes with the outback on the horizon we can see new beginnings.

'Through fire, famine, flood and pandemics, it's going, going, going. We will never tire out. We'll keep our flags up and let it fly, fly, fly. Australia, my land, my country of hardship, my country of grace, my country of stars.

'Don't care how much you try to persuade me, give me books, money and lovely birch trees.