Brunton Stephens Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCDEFGCC HIJIKK LMLMII| The gentle heart that hated wrong | A |
| The courage that all ills withstood | B |
| The seeing eye the mighty song | A |
| That stirred us into Nationhood | B |
| Have passed What garlands can be spread | C |
| The Prince of Courtesy is dead | C |
| The power that touched all human chords | D |
| With wit that lightened thro the years | E |
| Without a sting whose tender words | F |
| Unsealed the fountain of our tears | G |
| Ah bow the heart and bend the head | C |
| The Prince of Courtesy is dead | C |
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| Great Singer of the South who set | H |
| Thy face to Duty as a star | I |
| Though in hushed skies of violet | J |
| Thy throne of kingship gleamed afar | I |
| Shall not the toil of common days | K |
| Add nobler lustre to thy bays | K |
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| O Mighty Voice whose words shall stand | L |
| When all our songs have ceased to be | M |
| Steadfast the watchwords of our land | L |
| The guide and torch of Liberty | M |
| The Master Poet called afar | I |
| And thou at last hast found thy star | I |
George Essex Evans
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