Fatherland Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABB CCBB DEFF BBGG HIAAJJKK AABB| THE BRAVE old land of deed and song | A |
| Of gentle hearts and spirits strong | A |
| Of queenly maids and heroes grand | B |
| Of equal laws our Fatherland | B |
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| Though born beneath a brighter sun | C |
| Shall we forget the marvels done | C |
| By soul outspoken blood outpoured | B |
| By bard and patriot song and sword | B |
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| Forget how firm and true our sires | D |
| Still lighted by their battle fires | E |
| Gainst kingly power and kingly crime | F |
| Long struggled in the darkened time | F |
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| How in a rolling sea they stood | B |
| Where every wave was freemen s blood | B |
| Shall we forget the time of strife | G |
| When freedom s only price was life | G |
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| Shall Cromwell s memory Milton s lyre | H |
| Not kindle mong us souls of fire | I |
| Not raise in us a spirit strong | A |
| High scorn of shams quick hate of wrong | A |
| Shall we not learn Australians born | J |
| To smile on tinselled power our scorn | J |
| At least a freeman s pride to try | K |
| When tinselled power would bend or buy | K |
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| The brave old land of deed and song | A |
| We ne er will do her memories wrong | A |
| For freedom here we ll firmly stand | B |
| As stood our sires for Fatherland | B |
Sir Henry Parkes
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