In The Benevolent Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCCD AEFEGHGGH IJIJKLKKL MNMNOCOOC PQPQRESRE| I M OFF on the wallaby cries Old Ben | A |
| And his pipe is lit and his swag is rolled | B |
| There is nothing here for us old time men | A |
| But up north I hear they are on the gold | B |
| And he shuffles off with a feeble stride | C |
| With his ragged swag and his billy black | D |
| He is making tracks for the other side | C |
| O er the river deep or the Great Divide | C |
| But at night dead beat he travels back | D |
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| Then at morn next day he is off again | A |
| With an eager light in his aged eyes | E |
| Tramping away on his journey vain | F |
| For the land of promise beyond the rise | E |
| Over the range there is work to do | G |
| There is roaring life at the shanty bars | H |
| He will tramp the plains whilst the skies are blue | G |
| And will wander the great wide bushland through | G |
| And be soothed to sleep by the blinking stars | H |
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| In the garden gay where the old man roams | I |
| Pied poppies sway on their supple stalks | J |
| And the fair white rose on the soft breeze foams | I |
| And the pansies peep by the gravelled walks | J |
| But his brow by the breeze of the hills is fanned | K |
| And the clink of bells to his quick ear comes | L |
| When he shades his eyes with a withered hand | K |
| He sees silent rivers and ranges grand | K |
| Or a still lagoon under silver gums | L |
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| Are you bound out back Dan the children cry | M |
| And they peer at him through the fence and shout | N |
| Well it s so long Dan as he hobbles by | M |
| With his Ay ay sonny lad tramping out | N |
| On his back he s bearing his house and bed | O |
| As he bore them both in his manhood s pride | C |
| Pressing on each day till his strength has fled | O |
| By the force of a dauntless spirit led | O |
| There s a rush somewhere on the Sydney side | C |
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| Though his sight may fail and his limbs give way | P |
| Yet no weakness touches his brave old heart | Q |
| And he cries each night At the break of day | P |
| I must strap up bluey and make a start | Q |
| And they humour him for the time is near | R |
| When he ll tramp no more under changeful skies | E |
| But will leave his travels and troubles here | S |
| Take the track God blazed with His stars and steer | R |
| To the Never Land just across the rise | E |
Edward George Dyson
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