Urara Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDDFFFGHHH IHIHJHKHHFFFGHHH LMLMNHOHHFFFGHHHEuroka go over the tops of the hill | A |
For the Death clouds have passed us to day | B |
And we'll cry in the dark for the foot falls still | A |
And the tracks which are fading away | B |
Let them yell to their lubras the Bulginbah dogs | C |
And say how our brothers were slain | D |
We shall wipe out our grief in the blood of their chief | E |
And twenty more dead on the plain | D |
On the blood spattered spurs of the plain | D |
But the low winds sigh | F |
And the dead leaves fly | F |
Where our warriors lie | F |
In the dingoes' den in the white cedar glen | G |
On the banks of the gloomy Urara | H |
Urara Urara | H |
On the banks of the gloomy Urara | H |
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The Wallaroos grope through the tufts of the grass | I |
And crawl to their coverts for fear | H |
But we'll sit in the ashes and let them pass | I |
Where the boomerangs sleep with the spear | H |
Oh our hearts will be lonely and low to night | J |
When we think of the hunts of yore | H |
And the foes that we sought and the fights which we fought | K |
With those who will battle no more | H |
Who will go to the battle no more | H |
For the dull winds sigh | F |
And the dead leaves fly | F |
Where our warriors lie | F |
In the dingoes' den in the white cedar glen | G |
On the banks of the gloomy Urara | H |
Urara Urara | H |
On the banks of the gloomy Urara | H |
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Oh the gorges and gullies are black with crows | L |
And they feast on the flesh of the brave | M |
But the forest is loud with the howls of our foes | L |
For those whom they never can save | M |
Let us crouch with our faces down to our knees | N |
And hide in the dark of our hair | H |
For we will not return where the camp fires burn | O |
And see what is smouldering there | H |
What is smouldering mouldering there | H |
Where the sad winds sigh | F |
The dead leaves fly | F |
And our warriors lie | F |
In the dingoes' den in the white cedar glen | G |
On the banks of the gloomy Urara | H |
Urara Urara | H |
On the banks of the gloomy Urara | H |
Henry Kendall
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