The Rhyme Of The O'sullivan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDCDA EFEF EGEG HEHE IJKL MNMN OPOP EBEQ CPAP ERER| Pro Bono Publico | A |
| Went out the streets to scan | B |
| And marching to and fro | C |
| He met a seedy man | B |
| Who did a tale unfold | D |
| In solemn tones and slow | C |
| And this is what he told | D |
| Pro Bono Publico | A |
| - | |
| For many years I led | E |
| The people's onward march | F |
| I was the 'Fountain Head' | E |
| The 'Democratic Arch' | F |
| - | |
| In more than regal state | E |
| I used to sit and smile | G |
| And bridges I'd donate | E |
| And railways by the mile | G |
| - | |
| I pawned the country off | H |
| For many million quid | E |
| And spent it like a toff | H |
| So hel me Bob I did | E |
| - | |
| But now those times are gone | I |
| The wind blows cold and keen | J |
| I sit and think upon | K |
| The thing that I have been | L |
| - | |
| And if a country town | M |
| Its obligation shirks | N |
| I press for money down | M |
| To pay for water works | N |
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| A million pounds or two | O |
| Was naught at all to me | P |
| And now I have to sue | O |
| For paltry s d | P |
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| Alas that such a fate | E |
| Should come to such a man | B |
| Who once was called the Great | E |
| The great O'Sullivan | Q |
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| With weary steps and slow | C |
| With tears of sympathy | P |
| Pro Bono Publico | A |
| Went sadly home to tea | P |
| - | |
| Remarking as he went | E |
| With sad and mournful brow | R |
| The cash that party spent | E |
| I wish I had it now | R |
Banjo Paterson
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