Western Australia Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ KLKL MNMN OPOP

O Beauteous Southland Land of yellow airA
That hangeth o've thee slumbering and doth holdB
The moveless foliage of thy valleys fairA
And wooded hills like aureole of goldB
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Oh thou discovered ere the fitting timeC
Ere Nature in completion turned thee forthD
Ere aught was finished but thy peerless climeC
Thy virgin breath allured the amorous NorthD
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O Land God made thee wondrous to the eyeE
But His sweet singers thou hast never heardF
He left thee meaning to come bye and byeE
And give rich voice to every bright winged birdF
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He painted with fresh hues thy myriad flowersG
But left them scentless ah their woeful doleH
Like sad reproach of their creator's powersG
To make so sweet fair bodies void of soulH
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He gave thee trees of odorous precious woodI
But midst them all bloomed not one tree of fruitJ
He looked but said not that His work was goodI
When leaving thee all perfumeless and muteJ
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He blessed thy flowers with honey every bellK
Looks earthward sunward with a yearning wistL
But no bee lover ever notes the swellK
Of hearts like lips a hungering to be kistL
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O Strange Land thou art virgin Thou art moreM
Than fig tree barren Would that I could paintN
For other's eyes the glory of the shoreM
Where last I saw thee but the senses faintN
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In soft delicious dreaming when they drainO
Thy wine of colour Virgin fair thou artP
All sweetly fruitful waiting with soft painO
The spouse that comes to wake thy sleeping heartP

John Boyle O'reilly



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