The Patriotic League Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED EFCFGBGB HHHHIFIF JKJKLMLM| Behold the biased foes of Right | A |
| Are conscious of their danger | B |
| They re startled by the dawning light | A |
| So very long a stranger | B |
| And fearing for their rotting laws | C |
| Whose reign is nearly ended | D |
| To study out the People s cause | E |
| At last they ve condescended | D |
| - | |
| And this they call the People s Cause | E |
| Why this is insurrection | F |
| They would revoke the very laws | C |
| We made for our protection | F |
| An equal right with us they claim | G |
| They ll rob us by and by sir | B |
| We ll form a league and steal a name | G |
| And tell another lie sir | B |
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| They took to gloss a base intrigue | H |
| A name that was demotic | H |
| They stole a name and formed a league | H |
| And called it Patriotic | H |
| They ve resurrected ancient lies | I |
| The world had most forgotten | F |
| The liars think the world will rise | I |
| To back a Cause that s rotten | F |
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| I know their creed and know it well | J |
| Too mean are its creators | K |
| To hope for heaven or fear the hell | J |
| They d make for agitators | K |
| Old as the hills and quite as dense | L |
| Though shaking like a jelly | M |
| Time honoured to magnificence | L |
| Religion of the Belly | M |
Henry Lawson
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