Fling Out The Flag Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AA B CDCEFEGGDHHIIEJEKLKI MINONEPEIIEFEGGQQRRG GCDCEFEGGDHH| A | |
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| For the Australian Labour Federation | B |
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| FLING out the Flag Let her flap and rise in the rush of the eager air | C |
| With the ring of the wild swan's wings as she soars from the swamp and | D |
| her reedy lair | C |
| Fling out the Flag And let friend and foe behold for gain or loss | E |
| The sign of our faith and the fight we fight the Stars of the Southern | F |
| Cross | E |
| Oh Blue's for the sky that is fair for all whoever wherever he be | G |
| And Silver's the light that shines on all for hope and for liberty | G |
| And that's the desire that burns in our hearts for ever quenchless and | D |
| bright | H |
| And that's the sign of our flawless faith and the glorious fight we fight | H |
| What is the wealthiest land on earth if the millions suffer and cry | I |
| And all but the happy selfish Few would fain curse God and die | I |
| What are the glorious Arts as they sit and sing on their jewelled thrones | E |
| If their hands are wet with blood and their feet befouled with festering | J |
| bones | E |
| What are the splendid Sciences driving Nature with a bit of steel | K |
| If only the Rich can mount the car and the Poor are dragged at the | L |
| wheel | K |
| Wealth is a curse and Art a mock and Science worse than a lie | I |
| When they're but the gift of the greedy Thieves the leeches that suck | M |
| men dry | I |
| Nay brothers nay it is not for this for a land of wealth and woe | N |
| That we hoped and trusted all these years that we toiled and struggled | O |
| so | N |
| It is not for a race of taskmasters and pitiful cringing slaves | E |
| That our strength and skill raised up happy homes and dreamed of | P |
| fearless graves | E |
| It is not for a Cause that is less than for all that is not for Truth but a lie | I |
| That we raise our faces and grip our hands and lift our voices high | I |
| As we fling out the Flag that friend and foe may see for gain or loss | E |
| The sign of our faith and the fight we fight the Stars of the Southern | F |
| Cross | E |
| As the sky above is fair for all whoever wherever he be | G |
| As the bless d stars on all shed their light of hope and of liberty | G |
| So let the earth this fertile earth this well loved Southern land | Q |
| Be fair to all be free to all from strand to shining strand | Q |
| Let boy and girl and woman and man in it at least be sure | R |
| That all can earn their daily bread with hearts as proud as pure | R |
| Let man and woman and girl and boy in it for ever be | G |
| Heirs to the best this world can give happy fearless free | G |
| Fling out the Flag Let her flap and rise in the rush of the eager air | C |
| With the ring of the wild swan's wings as she soars from the swamp and | D |
| her reedy lair | C |
| Fling out the Flag and let friend and foe behold for gain or loss | E |
| The sign of our faith and the fight we fight the Stars of the Southern | F |
| Cross | E |
| Oh Blue's the sky that is fair for all whoever wherever he be | G |
| And Silver's the light that shines on all for hope and for liberty | G |
| And that's the desire that burns in our hearts for ever quenchless and | D |
| bright | H |
| And that's the sign of our flawless faith and the glorious fight we fight | H |
Francis William Lauderdale Adams
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