The Dominion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABCBCDD EEFGFGHH IIJKJKBB LLMNMNOO PPQRQRL L SSTUTVWW XXYEYEZZ NNAA2AA2B2B2 C2C2ZYZYPP D2D2TE2TE2F2F2

Oh fair Ideal unto whomA
Through days of doubt and nights of gloomA
Brave hearts have clung while lips of scornB
Made mock of thee as but a dreamC
Already on the heights of mornB
We see thy golden sandals gleamC
And glimmering through the clouds that wrap thee yetD
The seven stars that are thy coronetD
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Why tarriest thou 'twixt earth and heavenE
Go forth to meet her Sisters sevenE
'Tis but your welcome she awaitsF
Ere casting off the veil of cloudG
The bodied Hope of blending StatesF
She stands revealed imperial proudG
As from your salutation sprung full grownH
With green for raiment and with gold for zoneH
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From where beneath unclouded skiesI
Thy peerless haven glittering liesI
From where o'er pleasant pastures roveJ
The flocks from which thy greatness sprangK
From vine clad slope and orange groveJ
From grave mute woods thy Minstrel sangK
From Alpine peaks aglow with flush of mornB
Go forth to meet her thou the eldest bornB
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From where reverberant at thy feetL
The billows of two oceans meetL
From where the rocks thy treasures hideM
From mart and wharf and harbour mouthN
From where the city of thy prideM
Ennobles all the teeming SouthN
To meet her thou with loftiest zeal inflamedO
Go forth Victoria queen and queenly namedO
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And thou the youngest yet most fairP
First to discern and first to dareP
Whose lips sun smitten earliest spokeQ
The herald words of coming goodR
And with their clarion summons brokeQ
The slumber of the sisterhoodR
Foremost of all thy peers press on to greetL
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Her advent strewing flowers before her feetL
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And thou around whose brow benignS
Vine leaf and olive intertwineS
Upon whose victories the StarT
Of Peace looks down with no rebukeU
The weapons of whose warfare areT
The ploughshare and the pruning hookV
Take with thee gifts of corn and wine and oilW
To greet thy liege with homage of the soilW
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Thou too whom last the morning beamsX
Wake from thy sleep by peaceful streamsX
Slow westering to the Indian mainY
Thou too beneath thy later sunE
Conspire with these in glad refrainY
Of welcome to the coming OneE
And from thy fragrant forests tribute bringZ
Of grateful incense for thine offeringZ
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And thou Pomona of the SouthN
Ruddy of cheek and ripe of mouthN
Who from thy couch of orchard bloomA
With fearless foot are wont to strayA2
By mountain lakes or in the gloomA
Of forest depths unknown of dayA2
Be thy shrill greeting borne upon the breezeB2
Above the thunder of thy girdling seasB2
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Nor thou delay who dwell'st apartC2
To join thy peers with gladsome heartC2
Whether the summons thee o'ertakeZ
On icy steep or fruitful plainY
Or where thy craggy bulwarks breakZ
The onslaught of the warring mainY
Or find thee couched within some ferny lairP
Flax flower and hyacinth mingling with thy hairP
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Bind ye the sevenfold cord apaceD2
Weave ye the sevenfold wreath to graceD2
The brow of her whose avatarT
The mighty Mother waits to blessE2
In sevenfold choir be borne afarT
The music of your joyfulnessE2
Till o'er the world's disquiet your song prevailF2
Australia Foederata Hail all hailF2

James Brunton Stephens



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