The 'bulletin' Stairs Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCD EEFFGG HHIIJJ EEKKBB LLMINN OOPQOO RRKMOO KKSSTT KKOOUU| The Mecca of Bohemian men | A |
| Was Archibald's untidy den | A |
| Firm footed near the portals there | B |
| Uprose as now a spacious stair | B |
| That carried nearer to the sky | C |
| Their inky hopes in days forebye | D |
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| This ladder to Parnassus they | E |
| Expectant climbed as still one may | E |
| Oft times upon its steps appeared | F |
| The wiry brush of Daley's beard | F |
| Of Henry Lawson's drooped moustache | G |
| Would upward glide and downward dash | G |
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| Betimes a gem his pocket in | H |
| Meandered upward Ronald Quinn | H |
| Or Bayldon bore a sonnet new | I |
| Or Broomfield occupied the view | I |
| Insistent in a manner vain | J |
| On making passes with his cane | J |
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| These might encounter on the way | E |
| The 'Banjo' glum or Hugh McCrae | E |
| Or Souter with a leering cat | K |
| Or Bedford in a Queensland hat | K |
| And other penmen debonair | B |
| Familiar with that famous stair | B |
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| The Red Tressed Maiden all aglow | L |
| And Clancy of the Overflow | L |
| And Dad and Dave in company | M |
| With Ginger Mick and Jock MacFee | I |
| From time to time in singles pairs | N |
| By hand or post went up those stairs | N |
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| Awaiting by McMahon's door | O |
| For silver little less or more | O |
| Met jesting genius to abuse | P |
| The landlords and the lending Jews | Q |
| Anon with cash in hand such drear | O |
| Considerations drowned in beer | O |
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| Would pass as pass the clouds of morn | R |
| And from their ready wits reborn | R |
| As from a fount in Arcady | K |
| Would flow fair dreams of Days to Be | M |
| When in this Southland shore to shore | O |
| Art was enthroned for evermore | O |
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| That noble vision yet I hold | K |
| More precious is than all the gold | K |
| That men have dug from southern earth | S |
| In loyal hearts it had its birth | S |
| In loyal minds it will become | T |
| A trumpet note a calling drum | T |
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| To lead this nation onward and | K |
| To glorify and grace the land | K |
| And through that fellowship may ne'er | O |
| As then it was re climb the Stair | O |
| Its voices echo down the years | U |
| The voices of the pioneers | U |
Edwin James Brady
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