The Legend Of Mammon Castle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCDE FFGG HHIJ DDKK LLKK| IN THE days that will be olden after many years are gone | A |
| Ere the world emerged from darkness floating out into the dawn | A |
| On a mountain rising steeply from the depth of marsh and wood | B |
| Raised in scorn above the lowlands Mammon Castle proudly stood | B |
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| Mammon Castle built of marble that was cut and reared with pain | C |
| By the poor and starving wretches who were serfs on that domain | C |
| All the jewel studded windows shone at sunset like a fire | D |
| And a diamond was flashing from the needle of the spire | E |
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| Now the nobles held the castle by a title that was old | F |
| And they drank from crystal goblets and they ate from plates of gold | F |
| The coffers of the castle they were plenished by the thralls | G |
| And many were the revels that were held in Mammon s halls | G |
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| And the plunder from the toilers more than paid for silks and wine | H |
| So the flower beds were bordered with the jewels of the mine | H |
| All the serfs were taught to worship both the lady and the lord | I |
| And the nobles taught their children to be wiser far than God | J |
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| But a vassal preached sedition and in a gloomy hour | D |
| Came the wild and haggard vassals to the gate of Mammon Tower | D |
| They asked for food and shelter and were answered by a blow | K |
| And rising in their anger soon they laid the castle low | K |
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| The jewels of the castle went to buy the people bread | L |
| And according to his labour was the toiler clothed and fed | L |
| And with the wood and marble my dreaming tells me so | K |
| Many little homes were builded in the valleys down below | K |
Henry Lawson
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