By Momba Tracks Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBDBEFGFHFIJKJLJMN ONPNQRSRTR| THE hearts of the everlasting flowers | A |
| Shall steal the gold o' the sun | B |
| When the winter rains have done their work | C |
| And the winter days are done | B |
| And the desert pea shall hue the rocks | D |
| By the tracks of Momba run | B |
| The dew shall gleam on the silken webs | E |
| That the night time spider weaves | F |
| And scatter its gems on the saltbush plains | G |
| And drip from the homestead eaves | F |
| And the quandong fruit take ruddy fire | H |
| In the green of the quandong leaves | F |
| The bees shall saunter from bloom to bloom | I |
| And burthen their honey sacs | J |
| And the drovers ride in the sunset light | K |
| On the long long winding tracks | J |
| But never a man shall pause to pray | L |
| By the graves of the Barrier blacks | J |
| Deep dug they lie in the mulga scrub | M |
| These graves of a dwindling race | N |
| Stone piled and bare where the windy noons | O |
| Swift lights and shadows trace | N |
| And the lone heaped mound is the only sign | P |
| Of a dead man's burial place | N |
| They passed away like a feeble flame | Q |
| Before the white man's breath | R |
| Wherever the white man sets his feet | S |
| The white man comes with death | R |
| And they lie deep celled in the moisty mould | T |
| And the wind their requiem saith | R |
Roderic Quinn
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