The Babies Of Walloon Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CDBB EEBB FFBB GHBB| He was lengthsman on the railway and his station scarce deserved | A |
| That pre eminence in sorrow of the Majesty he served | A |
| But as dear to him and precious were the gifts reclaimed so soon | B |
| Were the workman s little daughters who were buried near Walloon | B |
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| Speak their names in tones that linger just as though you held them dear | C |
| There are eyes to which the mention of those names will bring a tear | D |
| Little Kate and Bridget straying in an autumn afternoon | B |
| Were attracted by the lilies in the water of Walloon | B |
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| All is dark to us The angels sing perhaps in Paradise | E |
| Of the younger sister s danger and the elder s sacrifice | E |
| But the facts were hidden from us when the soft light from the moon | B |
| Glistened on the water lilies o er the Babies at Walloon | B |
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| Ah the children love the lilies while we elders are inclined | F |
| To the flowers that have poison for the body and the mind | F |
| Better for the strongly human to have done with life as soon | B |
| Better perish for a lily like the Babies of Walloon | B |
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| For they gather flowers early on the river far away | G |
| Where the everlasting lilies keep their purity for aye | H |
| And while summer brings our lilies to the run and the lagoon | B |
| May our children keep the legend of the Babies of Walloon | B |
Henry Lawson
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