The Labour Agitator Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCE FGFGCHCH FIFIJFJF FGFGCHCH CKCKLJLM FGFGCHCH LNLNANAN FGFGCNCN| LET the liar call me liar | A |
| And the robber call me thief | B |
| They can only fan the fire | A |
| That is born of my belief | B |
| While I m speaking while I m writing | C |
| To reform the wrongful laws | D |
| Well I know that I am fighting | C |
| For the grand old Cause | E |
| - | |
| - | |
| See the army of the rebels | F |
| Marching on for evermore | G |
| We are countless as the pebbles | F |
| That are strewn along the shore | G |
| Agitating agitating | C |
| Till the Truth has sealed the fate | H |
| Of the wrongs that I am hating | C |
| With the grand old Hate | H |
| - | |
| - | |
| Though no battle banner rustles | F |
| In a smoke that blurs the blue | I |
| As when heroes poured from Brussels | F |
| To the field of Waterloo | I |
| Though we do not hear the rattle | J |
| Of the rifles in the wars | F |
| There is glory in the battle | J |
| For the grand old Cause | F |
| - | |
| See the army of the rebels | F |
| Marching on for evermore | G |
| We are countless as the pebbles | F |
| That are strewn along the shore | G |
| Agitating agitating | C |
| Till the Truth has sealed the fate | H |
| Of the wrongs that I am hating | C |
| With the grand old Hate | H |
| - | |
| No I look not to the reaping | C |
| In the dynasty of men | K |
| For I know that I ll be sleeping | C |
| In a slandered grave e er then | K |
| Till his right to man is given | L |
| We ll rebel and we ll rebel | J |
| As we would rebel in heaven | L |
| If it proved a hell | M |
| - | |
| See the army of the rebels | F |
| Marching on for evermore | G |
| We are countless as the pebbles | F |
| That are strewn along the shore | G |
| Agitating agitating | C |
| Till the Truth has sealed the fate | H |
| Of the wrongs that I am hating | C |
| With the grand old Hate | H |
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| No There s neither creed nor nation | L |
| Where the Labour flag s unfurled | N |
| For the Labour agitation | L |
| Breaks the barriers of the world | N |
| Let the rulers fly in terror | A |
| With their scornful lips uncurled | N |
| One by one the gods of error | A |
| From their thrones are hurled | N |
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| See the army of the rebels | F |
| Marching on for evermore | G |
| We are countless as the pebbles | F |
| That are strewn along the shore | G |
| Agitating agitating | C |
| Till the Truth has sealed the fate | N |
| Of the wrongs that I am hating | C |
| With the grand old Hate | N |
Henry Lawson
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