To The Irish Delegates Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB ACAC DEDE DBDB FGHG| Farewell The gold we send shall be a token | A |
| Of that which in our hearts is growing strong | B |
| You asked our sympathy and we have spoken | A |
| They wrong us who our brothers rob and wrong | B |
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| Tell Ireland tell her in her desolation | A |
| That hearts within the South for her have bled | C |
| That scalding tears of helpless indignation | A |
| By eyes that read her cruel wrongs are shed | C |
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| Helpless no more but strong to act hereafter | D |
| For silenced arc the loyal subjects sneers | E |
| Too long have Ireland s wrongs been words of laughter | D |
| Arch mockery to tickle British ears | E |
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| Tell Ireland that they lie of us they slander | D |
| Who say we care not for another s wrong | B |
| For we are not the men to kneel and pander | D |
| To tyranny because the tyrant s strong | B |
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| Take back across the waves Australia s message | F |
| And say our hearts are big and strong our hands | G |
| Tell Ireland that for her is surest presage | H |
| Of fate as fair as of these Southern lands | G |
Henry Lawson
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