Corryong Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAABCC DEDDEFF GHGGHII JKJJKJJ| The cattle lands of Corryong | A |
| The maiden of the snows | B |
| Where silver streams the winter long | A |
| Sing pleasantly their tinkling song | A |
| Not many a town man knows | B |
| And here sleek cattle deep in grass | C |
| Watch placidly the seasons pass | C |
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| Her beauty has a wondrous worth | D |
| This maiden cleanly bright | E |
| A beauty won from her rich earth | D |
| Where the great Murray has his birth | D |
| And gathers up his might | E |
| To scatter rich fertility | F |
| On his long journey to the sea | F |
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| Her face is laved in waters clear | G |
| Snow waters dashing down | H |
| That flash and hide and reappear | G |
| To feed the pastures far and near | G |
| About this lovely town | H |
| Fair Corryong the Cattle Queen | I |
| Hiding her beauty here unseen | I |
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| A glory here the scene presents | J |
| Glory that may not die | K |
| Where up from these green gleaming bents | J |
| Great Kosciusko's battlements | J |
| Lift to the laughing sky | K |
| And Corryong contentment knows | J |
| The joyous maiden of the snows | J |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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