Queensland Opal Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CBCB DEDE AFAF| Opal little opal with the red fire glancing | A |
| Set my blood a spinning set my pulse a stir | B |
| Strike the harp of memory set my dull heart dancing | A |
| Southward to the Sunny Land and the love of Her | B |
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| Opal shining opal let them call you luckless jewel | C |
| Let them curse or let them covet you are still my heart's desire | B |
| You that robbed the sun and moon and green earth for fuel | C |
| To gather to your milky breast and fill your veins with fire | B |
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| Green of fluttering gum leaves above dim water courses | D |
| Red of rolling dust clouds blue of summer skies | E |
| Flash of flints afire beneath the hoofs of racing horses | D |
| Sunlight and moonlight and light of lovers' eyes | E |
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| Pink clasping hands amid a Southern summer gloaming | A |
| Green of August grasses white of dew sprung pearls | F |
| Grey of winging wild geese into the Sunset homing | A |
| Twined with all the kisses of a Queen of Queensland girls | F |
William Henry Ogilvie
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