Nationalism And M'ilwraith! The Queensland Elections Cry, 1888 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAABBA CDEFGF HIIJHIIHKLLKLK| Australia listened Through the brawling game | A |
| Of played out rascals gambling for her gold | B |
| The rotten hearted traitors who had sold | B |
| For flimsy English gauds her righteous fame | A |
| Through the foul hubbub it did seem there came | A |
| The still small voice of nobler things untold | B |
| But now but now with wonder manifold | B |
| She hears a voice that calls her by her name | A |
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| Australia listens as the mother wilt | C |
| To hear her first born cry Say is it death | D |
| Or life and all life's hope made audible | E |
| That thrills my heart and gives my spirit faith | F |
| From out the gathering war hosts leaps forth shrill | G |
| The double cry Australia M'Ilwraith | F |
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| The dawn is breaking northward Rise O Sun | H |
| Australian Liberty and give us light | I |
| And thou who through the dark and doubtful night | I |
| With great clear eyes of patience looking on | J |
| Even to that splendid hour REPUBLICAN | H |
| O know what things are with thee in the fight | I |
| What hope and trust what truth what right what might | I |
| To never leave this work till it be done | H |
| Not as these others were the helpless slaves | K |
| Of each diurnal need and cringing debt | L |
| Australia's statesman have we known thee yet | L |
| The world's great heroes call from a thousand graves | K |
| Thy land a nation cries to thee to be set | L |
| Free as the freedom of her ocean waves | K |
Francis William Lauderdale Adams
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