Australian War Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFBBBBEBEB EGEGHEHECICJ EBEBKEKEGLGLKBKB| Men have said that ye were sleeping | A |
| Hurl Australians back the lie | B |
| Whet the swords you have in keeping | A |
| Forward stand to do or die | B |
| Hear ye not across the ocean | C |
| Echoes of the distant fray | D |
| Sounds of loud and fierce commotion | C |
| Swiftly sweeping on the way | D |
| Hearts have woke from sluggish trances | E |
| Woke to know their native worth | F |
| Freedom with her train advances | E |
| Freedom newly sprung to birth | F |
| Despots start from thrones affrighted | B |
| Tyrants hear the angry tread | B |
| Where the slaves whose prayers were slighted | B |
| Marching draw the sword instead | B |
| If the men of other nations | E |
| Dash their fetters to the ground | B |
| When the foeman seeks your stations | E |
| Will you willing slaves be found | B |
| You the sons of hero fathers | E |
| Sires that bled at Waterloo | G |
| No Your indignation gathers | E |
| To your old traditions true | G |
| Should the cannon s iron rattle | H |
| Sound between your harbour doors | E |
| You will rise to wage the battle | H |
| In a just and righteous cause | E |
| Patriot fires will scorch Oppression | C |
| Should it dare to draw too near | I |
| And the tide of bold Aggression | C |
| Must be stayed from coming here | J |
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| Look upon familiar places | E |
| Mountain river hill and glade | B |
| Look upon those beauteous faces | E |
| Turning up to you for aid | B |
| Think ye in the time of danger | K |
| When that threatening moment comes | E |
| Will ye let the heartless stranger | K |
| Drive your kindred from their homes | E |
| By the prayers which rise above you | G |
| When you face him on the shore | L |
| By the forms of those that love you | G |
| Greet him with the rifle s roar | L |
| While an arm can wield a sabre | K |
| While you yet can lift a hand | B |
| Strike and teach your hostile neighbour | K |
| This is Freedom s chosen land | B |
Henry Kendall
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