A National Song For Australia Felix Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCDEE F DDGG HHII JJKK G LLMMNNOO G| Dark over the face of Nature sublime | A |
| Reign'd tyranny warfare and every crime | A |
| The world a desert no oasis green | B |
| A man loving soul on its surface had seen | B |
| Then mercy above a mandate sent forth | C |
| An Eden to form a refuge for worth | D |
| From the ocean it came with halo so bright | E |
| Want strife and oppression were lost in its sight | E |
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| Chorus | F |
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| First isle of the sea brightest gem of the earth | D |
| In thee every virtue and joy shall have birth | D |
| A land of the just the brave and the free | G |
| Australia the happy thou ever shalt be | G |
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| So earth in the flood no place for rest gave | H |
| At length a green isle arose from the wave | H |
| The dove o'er the waters the olive branch bore | I |
| To show that one spot was cover'd no more | I |
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| Australia thus shall be sounded by fame | J |
| And Europe shall echo the glorious name | J |
| The brave wise and good wherever oppress'd | K |
| Shall fly to thy shores as a haven of rest | K |
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| Chorus First isle of the sea c | G |
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| Land of the orange fig olive and vine | L |
| 'Midst earth's fairest daughters the chaplet is thine | L |
| No sick'ning vapours are borne on thy air | M |
| But fragrance and melody twine sweetly there | M |
| Thy ever green fields proclaim plenty and peace | N |
| If man doth his part heaven sends the increase | N |
| No customs to fetter no enemy near | O |
| Independence thy sons for ever must cheer | O |
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| Chorus First isle of the sea c | G |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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