Australia Federata Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDEFE GHIHJDKD LMHMDNON PQRQSTET HPUPVKCK| Australia land of lonely lake | A |
| And serpent haunted fen | B |
| Land of the torrent and the fire | C |
| And forest sundered men | B |
| Thou art not now as thou shalt be | D |
| When the stern invaders come | E |
| In the hush before the hurricane | F |
| The dread before the drum | E |
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| A louder thunder shall be heard | G |
| Than echoes on thy shore | H |
| When o'er the blackened basalt cliffs | I |
| The foreign cannon roar | H |
| When the stand is made in the sheoaks' shade | J |
| When heroes fall for thee | D |
| And the creeks in gloomy gullies run | K |
| Dark crimson to the sea | D |
| - | |
| When under honeysuckles gray | L |
| And wattles' swaying gold | M |
| The stalwart arm may strike no more | H |
| The valiant heart is cold | M |
| When thou shalt know the agony | D |
| The fever and the strife | N |
| Of those who wrestle against odds | O |
| For liberty and life | N |
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| Then is the great Dominion born | P |
| The seven sisters bound | Q |
| From Sydney's greenly wooded port | R |
| To lone King George's Sound | Q |
| Then shall the islands of the south | S |
| The lands of bloom and snow | T |
| Forth from their isolation come | E |
| To meet the common foe | T |
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| Then only then when after war | H |
| Is peace with honour born | P |
| When from the bosom of the night | U |
| Comes golden sandalled morn | P |
| When laurelled victory is thine | V |
| And the day of battle done | K |
| Shall the heart of a mighty people stir | C |
| And Australia be as one | K |
James Lister Cuthbertson
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