When The Irish Flag Went By Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDED FGFGHDID JKLKMNON PQRQSDTD HUVUNDWD| Twas Eight Hour Day and proudly | A |
| Old Labour led the way | B |
| The drums were bearing loudly | A |
| The crowded streets were gay | B |
| But something touched my heart like pain | C |
| I could not check the sigh | D |
| That rose within my bosom when | E |
| The Irish Flag went by | D |
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| Bright flags were raised about it | F |
| And one of them my own | G |
| And patriots trod beneath it | F |
| But it seemed all alone | G |
| I thought of ruined Ireland | H |
| While crystals from the sky | D |
| Fell soft like tears by angels shed | I |
| As the Irish Flag went by | D |
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| I love the dark green standard | J |
| As Irish patriots do | K |
| It waves above the rebels | L |
| And I m a rebel too | K |
| I thought of Ireland s darkest years | M |
| Her griefs that follow fast | N |
| For drooping as twere drenched with tears | O |
| The Irish Flag went past | N |
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| And though twas not in Erin | P |
| That my forefathers trod | Q |
| And though my wandering footsteps | R |
| Ne er pressed the dear old sod | Q |
| I felt the wrongs the Irish feel | S |
| Beneath the northern sky | D |
| And felt the rebel in my heart | T |
| When the Irish Flag went by | D |
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| I tell you men of England | H |
| Who rule the land by might | U |
| I tell you Irish traitors | V |
| Who sell the sons of light | U |
| The tyranny shall fail at last | N |
| That changeful days are nigh | D |
| And you shall dip your red flag yet | W |
| When the Irish Flag goes by | D |
Henry Lawson
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