Wisdom After Victory Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDD EECCCCFF GGDDEEHH GGIICCEE| Now comes to an end all our dolorous drifting | A |
| Clouds pass away and depression is lifting | A |
| Because we were wise in our planning and sought | B |
| The lesser of ills that the greater be fought | B |
| Hope springs again in the heart of the nation | C |
| Because we were brave and accepted oblation | C |
| Of sharp sacrifice now comes recompense near | D |
| With the dawn of our glorious Centenary year | D |
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| For the good of our souls have we borne the dark sorrows | E |
| Of that gloomy day which buys many bright morrows | E |
| For the good of our land have we chosen to shun | C |
| The glittering sand that real treasure be won | C |
| And we who were counted the prodigal nation | C |
| Have won new renown by our self immolation | C |
| And the lands of the earth now in wonder behold | F |
| This youngest of lands in grave wisdom grown old | F |
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| And now we return with new heart to our labor | G |
| And where gloom was rife neighbor smiles upon neighbor | G |
| And now comes to light our Centenary year | D |
| Not the dawn of false hope ever followed by fear | D |
| But a dawn that shall last and wax ever in brightness | E |
| Bringing strength to the weak to the heavy heart lightness | E |
| Bringing hope to the fearful and ending dismay | H |
| Because we have chosen the fighter's hard way | H |
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| Then let us not squander our hardly won treasure | G |
| In pursuit of false joys and enfeebling leisure | G |
| Tried in the fire we have proven our worth | I |
| We have proven our strength to the peoples of earth | I |
| If courage in ill days has won us salvation | C |
| So wisdom in good days shall flee the temptation | C |
| To seek prosperity vain foolish things | E |
| Let us husband the gifts our Centenary brings | E |
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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