The Lily Of St Leonards Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDBD BEBE BFBFCGBG BHBH IBBBJBCB BKBK| TIS sunrise over Watson | A |
| Where I sailed out to sea | B |
| On that wild run to London | A |
| That wrecked and ruined me | B |
| The beauty of the morning | C |
| On bluff and point and bay | D |
| But the Lily of St Leonards | B |
| Was fairer than the day | D |
| - | |
| O Lily of St Leonards | B |
| And I was mad to roam | E |
| She died with loving words for me | B |
| Three days ere I came home | E |
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| As fair as lily whiteness | B |
| As pure as lily gold | F |
| And bright with childlike brightness | B |
| And wise as worlds of old | F |
| Her heart for all was beating | C |
| And all hearts were her own | G |
| Like sunshine through the Lily | B |
| Her purity was shown | G |
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| O Lily of St Leonards | B |
| My night is on the track | H |
| Tis well you never lived to see | B |
| The wreck that I came back | H |
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| A leaden sky shuts over | I |
| A sobbing leaden sea | B |
| For the Lily of St Leonards | B |
| Is never more for me | B |
| I seek the wharf of Outward | J |
| Where the deck no longer thrills | B |
| Where she stood with great tears starting | C |
| Like the lights on dark wet hills | B |
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| The world was all before me | B |
| The laurels on my brow | K |
| Twas the world star of the rovers | B |
| Tis the Star of Exile now | K |
Henry Lawson
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