Poet Henry Lawson

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The Loveable Characters Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH AIAIJKJK ABABCDCD

I long for the streets but the Lord knoweth bestA
For there I am never a saintB
There are lovable characters out in the WestA
With humour heroic and quaintB
And be it Up Country or be it Out BackC
When I shall have gone to my HomeD
I trust to be buried 'twixt River and TrackC
Where my lovable characters roamD
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There are lovable characters drag through the scrubE
Where the Optimist ever prevailsF
There are lovable characters hang round the pubE
There are lovable jokers at salesF
Where the auctioneer's one of the lovable wagsG
Maybe from his order estrangedH
And the beer is on tap and the pigs in the bagsG
Of the purchasing cockies are changedH
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There were lovable characters out in the WestA
Of fifty hot summers or moreI
Who could not be proved when it came to the testA
Too old to be sent to the warI
They were all forty five and were orphans they saidJ
With no one to keep them or keepK
And mostly in France with the world's bravest deadJ
Those lovable characters sleepK
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I long for the streets but the Lord knoweth bestA
For there I am never a saintB
There are lovable characters out in the WestA
With humour heroic and quaintB
And be it Up Country or be it Out BackC
When I shall have gone to my HomeD
I trust to be buried 'twixt River and TrackC
Where my lovable characters roamD

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