The Far Future Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCCDE FFGHIIDE JJKKLLDE AABBCCDE| AUSTRALIA advancing with rapid winged stride | A |
| Shall plant among nations her banners in pride | A |
| The yoke of dependence aside she will cast | B |
| And build on the ruins and wrecks of the Past | B |
| Her flag on the tempest will wave to proclaim | C |
| Mong kingdoms and empires her national name | C |
| The Future shall see it asleep or unfurl d | D |
| The shelter of Freedom and boast of the world | E |
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| Australia advancing like day on the sky | F |
| Has glimmer d thro darkness will blazon on high | F |
| A Gem in its glitter has yet to be seen | G |
| When Progress has placed her where England has been | H |
| When bursting those limits above she will soar | I |
| Outstretching all rivals who ve mounted before | I |
| And resting will blaze with her glories unfurl d | D |
| The empire of empires and boast of the world | E |
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| Australia advancing with Power will entwine | J |
| With Honour and Justice a Mercy divine | J |
| No Despot shall trample no slave shall be bound | K |
| Oppression must totter and fall to the ground | K |
| The stain of all ages tyrannical sway | L |
| Will pass like a flash or a shadow away | L |
| And shrink to nothing neath thunderbolts hurl d | D |
| From the hand of the terror the boast of the world | E |
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| Australia advancing with rapid wing d stride | A |
| Shall plant among nations her banners in pride | A |
| The yoke of dependence aside she will cast | B |
| And build on the ruins and wrecks of the Past | B |
| Her flag in the tempest will wave to proclaim | C |
| Mong kingdoms and empires her national name | C |
| And Ages shall see it asleep or unfurl d | D |
| The shelter of Freedom and boast of the world | E |
Henry Kendall
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