Flag Of The Southern Cross Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCCB ABABAAB DBDBEEB FBFBGGB HBHBCCB BBBBFFB BBBBAAB CBCBCCB| Sons of Australia be loyal and true to her | A |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
| Sing a loud song to be joyous and new to her | A |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
| Stain'd with the blood of the diggers who died by it | C |
| Fling out the flag to the front and abide by it | C |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
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| See how the toadies of Austral throw dust o'er her | A |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
| We who are holding her honour in trust for her | A |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
| See how the yellow men next to her lust for her | A |
| Sooner or later to battle we must for her | A |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
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| Beg not of England the right to preserve ourselves | D |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
| We are the servants best able to serve ourselves | D |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
| What are our hearts for and what are our hands for | E |
| What are we nourished in these southern lands for | E |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
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| Shall we in fear of the Dragon or Bruin now | F |
| Keep back the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
| Better to die on a field of red ruin now | F |
| Under the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
| Let us stand out like the gallant Eureka men | G |
| Give not our country the sorrow to seek her men | G |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
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| See how the loyal are storing up shame for us | H |
| Under the light of the Southern Cross | B |
| Never Oh never be coward a name for us | H |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
| England's red flag will bring hatred and worse to it | C |
| Murder and rapine hath brought a black curse to it | C |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
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| Have we not breasts for the bullets of thunderers | B |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
| Have we not steel for the bosoms of plunderers | B |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
| Prove ourselves worthy the land we inherit now | F |
| Feed till it blazes the National spirit now | F |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
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| Let us be bold be it daylight or night for us | B |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
| Let us be firm with our God and our right for us | B |
| Under the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
| Austral is fair and the idlers in strife for her | A |
| Plunder her sneer at her suck the young life from her | A |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
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| Fling out the flag to the front and abide by it | C |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
| Stand by the blood of the diggers who died by it | C |
| Fling out the flag of the Southern Cross | B |
| Fling out the flag to the front and be brave for it | C |
| Liberty Light or a battle field grave for it | C |
| Bonny bright flag of the Southern Cross | B |
Henry Lawson
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