An Old Bush Road Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHGJKJ ILDLIMNO APDPGQRQ GQDQDSTS UVFVWDXD YKYKZGGG DA2DA2GB2C2B2 DBABFGGG| Dear old road wheel worn and broken | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Winding thro' the forest green | B |
| Barred with shadow and with sunshine | C |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Misty vistas drawn between | B |
| Grim scarred bluegums ranged austerely | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Lifting blackened columns each | E |
| To the large fair fields of azure | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Stretching ever out of reach | E |
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| See the hardy bracken growing | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Round the fallen limbs of trees | H |
| And the sharp reeds from the marshes | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Washed across the flooded leas | H |
| And the olive rushes leaning | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp All their pointed spears to cast | J |
| Slender shadows on the roadway | K |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp While the faint slow wind creeps past | J |
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| Ancient ruts grown round with grasses | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Soft old hollows filled with rain | L |
| Rough gnarled roots all twisting queerly | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Dark with many a weather stain | L |
| Lichens moist upon the fences | I |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Twiners close against the logs | M |
| Yellow fungus in the thickets | N |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Vivid mosses in the bogs | O |
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| Dear old road wheel worn and broken | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp What delights in thee I find | P |
| Subtle charm and tender fancy | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Like a fragrance in the mind | P |
| Thy old ways have set me dreaming | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And out lived illusions rise | Q |
| And the soft leaves of the landscape | R |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Open on my thoughtful eyes | Q |
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| See the clump of wattles standing | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Dead and sapless on the rise | Q |
| When their boughs were full of beauty | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Even to uncaring eyes | Q |
| I was ever first to rifle | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp The soft branches of their store | S |
| O the golden wealth of blossom | T |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp I shall gather there no more | S |
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| Now we reach the dun morasses | U |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Where the red moss used to grow | V |
| Ruby bright upon the water | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Floating on the weeds below | V |
| Once the swan and wild fowl glided | W |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp By those sedges green and tall | D |
| Here the booming bitterns nested | X |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Here we heard the curlews call | D |
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| Climb this hill and we have rambled | Y |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp To the last turn of the way | K |
| Here is where the bell birds tinkled | Y |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Fairy chimes for me all day | K |
| These were bells that never wearied | Z |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Swung by ringers on the wing | G |
| List the elfin strains are waking | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Memory sets the bells a ring | G |
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| Dear old road no wonder surely | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp That I love thee like a friend | A2 |
| And I grieve to think how surely | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp All thy loveliness will end | A2 |
| For thy simple charm is passing | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And the turmoil of the street | B2 |
| Soon will mar thy sylvan silence | C2 |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp With the tramp of careless feet | B2 |
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| And for this I look more fondly | D |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp On the sunny landscape seen | B |
| From the road wheel worn and broken | A |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Winding thro' the forest green | B |
| Something still remains of Nature | F |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp Thoughts of other days to bring | G |
| For the staunch old trees are standing | G |
| nbsp nbsp nbsp And I hear the wild birds sing | G |
Arthur Bayldon
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