The Bonny Port Of Sydney Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABACADEFAFGDAD HICIADJD| The lovely Port of Sydney | A |
| Lies laughing to the sky | B |
| The bonny Port of Sydney | A |
| Where the ships of nations lie | B |
| You shall never see such beauty | A |
| Though you sail the wide world o er | C |
| As the sunny Port of Sydney | A |
| As we see it from the Shore | D |
| The shades of night are falling | E |
| On many ports of call | F |
| But the harbour lights of Sydney | A |
| Are the grandest of them all | F |
| Such a city set in jewels | G |
| Has ne er been seen before | D |
| As the harbour lights of Sydney | A |
| As we see them from the Shore | D |
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| I must sail for gloomy London | H |
| Where there are no harbour lights | I |
| Where no sun is seen in winter | C |
| And there are no starry nights | I |
| And the bonny port of Sydney | A |
| I may never see it more | D |
| But I ll always dream about it | J |
| As we view it from North Shore | D |
Henry Lawson
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