Trooper Campbell Poem Rhyme Scheme

Recent Interactions*

This poem was read 4 times,

This poem was added to the favorite list by 0 members,

This poem was voted by 0 members.

(* Interactions only in the last 7 days)

New Poems

Wonderful Women
by Umaru Kanneh Boima
Freedom To Scratch In Peace
by Olute Aete
Happy New Year
by Felix Menda
Human Beings
by Dana Graslie
Lust
by Wisdom Greatness
An Isolated Tree's Song
by Sayeed Abubakar
A Strange Boy
by Sayeed Abubakar
O Soil
by Sayeed Abubakar
No War, No War-monger
by Sayeed Abubakar
Night's Town
by Sayeed Abubakar

Popular Poets

1. Emily Dickinson(2414 poems)
2. Madison Julius Cawein(1231 poems)
3. Ella Wheeler Wilcox(1136 poems)
4. William Wordsworth(1016 poems)
5. Robert Burns(986 poems)
6. Edgar Albert Guest(945 poems)
7. Thomas Moore(849 poems)
8. Robert Service(831 poems)

One day old Trooper Campbell	A
Rode out to Blackman's Run	B
His cap peak and his sabre	C
Were glancing in the sun	B
'Twas New Year's Eve and slowly	D
Across the ridges low	E
The sad Old Year was drifting	F
To where the old years go	E
	-
The trooper's mind was reading	F
The love page of his life	G
His love for Mary Wylie	D
Ere she was Blackman's wife	G
He sorrowed for the sorrows	H
Of the heart a rival won	B
For he knew that there was trouble	A
Out there on Blackman's Run	B
	-
The sapling shades had lengthened	I
The summer day was late	J
When Blackman met the trooper	C
Beyond the homestead gate	J
And if the hand of trouble	A
Can leave a lasting trace	K
The lines of care had come to stay	L
On poor old Blackman's face	K
	-
Not good day Trooper Campbell	A
It's a bad bad day for me	D
You are of all the men on earth	M
The one I wished to see	D
The great black clouds of trouble	A
Above our homestead hang	N
That wild and reckless boy of mine	O
Has joined M'Durmer's gang	N
	-
Oh save him save him Campbell	A
I beg in friendship's name	P
For if they take and hang him	Q
The wife would die of shame	P
Could Mary or her sisters	R
Hold up their heads again	S
And face a woman's malice	T
Or claim the love of men	S
	-
And if he does a murder	C
'Twere better we were dead	U
Don't take him Trooper Campbell	A
If a price be on his head	U
But shoot him shoot him Campbell	A
When you meet him face to face	K
And save him from the gallows	H
And us from that disgrace '	-
	-
Now Tom ' cried Trooper Campbell	A
You know your words are wild	V
Though he is wild and reckless	T
Yet still he is your child	V
So bear up in your trouble	A
And meet it like a man	W
And tell the wife and daughters	R
I'll save him if I can '	-
	-
	-
	-
The sad Australian sunset	X
Had faded from the west	Y
But night brings darker shadows	H
To hearts that cannot rest	Y
And Blackman's wife sat rocking	F
And moaning in her chair	Z
I cannot bear disgrace ' she moaned	A2
Disgrace I cannot bear	Z
	-
In hardship and in trouble	A
I struggled year by year	B2
To make my children better	C
Than other children here	C2
And if my son's a felon	B
How can I show my face	K
I cannot bear disgrace my God	D2
I cannot bear disgrace	K
	-
Ah God in Heaven pardon	B
I'm selfish in my woe	E
My boy is better hearted	E2
Than many that I know	E
And I will face the world's disgrace	K
And till his mother's dead	U
My foolish child shall find a place	K
To lay his outlawed head '	-
	-
	-
	-
With a sad heart Trooper Campbell	A
Rode back from Blackman's Run	B
Nor noticed aught about him	Q
Till thirteen miles were done	B
When close beside a cutting	F
He heard the click of locks	F2
And saw the rifle muzzles	G2
Were on him from the rocks	F2
	-
But suddenly a youth rode out	H2
And close by Campbell's side	I2
Don't fire don't fire in heaven's name	P
It's Campbell boys ' he cried	I2
Then one by one in silence	J2
The levelled rifles fell	K2
For who'd shoot Trooper Campbell	A
Of those who knew him well	K2
	-
Oh bravely sat old Campbell	A
No sign of fear showed he	D
He slowly drew his carbine	O
It rested by his knee	D
The outlaws' guns were lifted	E2
But none the silence broke	L2
Till steadfastly and firmly	D
Old Trooper Campbell spoke	L2
	-
That boy that you would ruin	B
Goes home with me my men	S
Or some of us shall never	C
Ride through the Gap again	S
You know old Trooper Campbell	A
And have you ever heard	M2
That bluff or lead could turn him	Q
That e'er he broke his word	M2
	-
That reckless lad is playing	F
A heartless villain's part	N2
He knows that he is breaking	F
His poor old mother's heart	N2
He'll bring a curse upon himself	O2
But 'tis not that alone	P2
He'll bring dishonour to a name	P
That I'D be proud to own	P2
	-
I speak to you M'Durmer	C
If your heart's not hardened quite	Q2
And if you'd seen the trouble	A
At Blackman's home this night	Q2
You'd help me now M'Durmer	C
I speak as man to man	W
I swore to save that foolish lad	R2
And I'll save him if I can '	-
	-
Oh take him ' said M'Durmer	C
He's got a horse to ride '	-
The youngster thought a moment	S2
Then rode to Campbell's side	I2
Good bye ' the outlaws shouted	E2
As up the range they sped	U
A Merry New Year Campbell '	-
Was all M'Durmer said	U
	-
	-
	-
Then fast along the ridges	T2
Two bushmen rode a race	K
And the moonlight lent a glory	C
To Trooper Campbell's face	K
And ere the new year's dawning	F
They reached the home at last	U2
And this is but a story	C
Of trouble that is past	U2

Henry Lawson

Trooper Campbell Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Write your comment about Trooper Campbell poem by Henry Lawson

Recent Interactions*

New Poems

Popular Poets