Pioneers Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDD EEFF GHBB| They came of bold and roving stock that would not fixed abide | A |
| They were the sons of field and flock since e'er they learnt to ride | A |
| We may not hope to see such men in these degenerate years | B |
| As those explorers of the bush the brave old pioneers | B |
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| 'Twas they who rode the trackless bush in heat and storm and drought | C |
| 'Twas they who heard the master word that called them farther out | C |
| 'Twas they who followed up the trail the mountain cattle made | D |
| And pressed across the mighty range where now their bones are laid | D |
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| But now the times are dull and slow the brave old days are dead | E |
| When hardy bushmen started out and forced their way ahead | E |
| By tangled scrub and forests grim towards the unknown west | F |
| And spied at last the promised land from off the range's crest | F |
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| O ye that sleep in lonely graves by distant ridge and plain | G |
| We drink to you in silence now as Christmas comes again | H |
| To you who fought the wilderness through rough unsettled years | B |
| The founders of our nation's life the brave old pioneers | B |
Banjo Paterson (andrew Barton)
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