A Treasury of Canadian Verse, with Brief Biographical Notes
Exploring the Rich Tapestry of Canadian Verse and Poetic VoicesBy Various
Length13h 19m
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"A Treasury of Canadian Verse, with Brief Biographical Notes" is a meticulously curated anthology that celebrates the rich tapestry of Canadian poetry. This collection spans various eras and styles, showcasing the voices of esteemed poets alongside those of emerging talents. Its literary context is firmly rooted in the historical and cultural landscapes of Canada, reflecting the nation'Äôs diverse experiences, landscapes, and identities. The anthology features a thoughtful blend of lyrical and narrative poems, woven together with biographical notes that provide insights into the lives and inspirations of the poets, enriching the reader's understanding of the verses. The authorship of this anthology is attributed to various significant contributors, each selected for their ability to encapsulate the essence of Canadian life and thought through poetry. Their collective expertise and passion for literature have culminated in a work that not only serves to educate but also to inspire. Many poets featured were influenced by particular events in Canadian history, such as the confederation, the impacts of colonialism, and the forging of national identity, which resonate throughout the selections. This anthology is a must-read for poetry enthusiasts and those seeking an authentic representation of Canada's literary heritage. It invites readers into a realm of emotional resonance and intellectual contemplation, making it an invaluable resource for anyone wishing to explore the profound and varied voices that shape Canadian literature.
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Publish dateMay 20, 2021
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Table of contents
1PREFACE
216BALLAD OF THE MAD LADYE
2AUTHORS AND SELECTIONS
217BIRD SONG
3THE WHITETHROAT
218ELIZABETH S. MACLEOD: ALEXANDER MACKENZIE
4MARGARET H. ALDEN: MOTHER'S WORLD
219A. D. MACNEILL: THE SEA-GULL
5JOSEPH ANTISELL ALLEN: From "DAY-DREAMS"
220DONALD M'CAIG: THE TRAMP
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6GRANT ALLEN: ONLY AN INSECT
221JAMES M'CARROLL
7WILLIAM TALBOT ALLISON
222A ROYAL RACE
8"THERE SAT THE WOMEN WEEPING FOR THAMMUZ"
223DAWN
9THE MEN OF THE NORTH
224THE GRAY LINNET
10VANISHINGS
225WILLIAM M'DONNELL: From "MANITA"
11SOPHIE M. ALMON-HENSLEY
226BERNARD M'EVOY
12CONTENT
227A PHOTOGRAPH IN A SHOP WINDOW
13SONG
228REVISED PROOFS
14THERE IS NO GOD
229THOMAS D'ARCY M'GEE: OUR LADYE OF THE SNOW
15DUNCAN ANDERSON
230WILLIAM P. M'KENZIE
16THE DEATH OF WOLFE.
231MOONLIGHT
17SPORT
232GABRIELLE
18ALICE M. ARDAGH: SIC PASSIM
233THE MOTHER'S SONG
19ISIDORE G. ASCHER
234LULLABY SONG
20SAMUEL MATHEWSON BAYLIS
235ALEXANDER M'LACHLAN
21IN MATABELE LAND
236INDIAN SUMMER
22THE COUREUR-DE-BOIS.
237BOBOLINK
23JOHN WILSON BENGOUGH
238THE MAN WHO ROSE FROM NOTHING
24SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD
239JOHN M'PHERSON
25RESTITUTION
240THE MAYFLOWER
26CRAVEN LANGSTROTH BETTS
241IN THE WOODS
27IN MEMORIAM
242CHARLES MAIR
28CHAUCER
243UNTAMED
29POPE
244THE VOICE OF THE PINES
30BLANCHE BISHOP
245THE HUMMING BIRD
31THE BRIDE O' THE SUN
246INNOCENCE
32WINTER FLOWERS
247GEORGE MARTIN
33CHRISTMAS MORN
248SHELLEY
34EDWARD BLACKADDER: ANNAPOLIS ROYAL
249TO MY CANARY BIRD
35JEAN BLEWETT
250LALEET
36THE TWO MARYS
251HELEN M. MERRILL
37SHE JUST KEEPS HOUSE FOR ME
252THE BLUE FLOWER
38AT QUEBEC
253AT EDGEWATER
39JOHN BREAKENRIDGE: THE TROUBADOUR
254THE PROMISE OF SPRING
40JOHN HENRY BROWN
255SUN-GOLD
41THE PARLIAMENT OF MAN
256SUSANNA MOODIE
42A SUNSET
257THE MAPLE-TREE
43EDWARD BURROUGH BROWNLOW
258THE FISHERMAN'S LIGHT
44THE WHIP-POOR-WILL
259MARY MORGAN
45THE SONNET
260"IN APPREHENSION, SO LIKE A GOD."
46GEORGE FREDERICK CAMERON
261CHARITY
47THE GOLDEN TEXT
262LIFE
48IS THERE A GOD?
263IRENE ELDER MORTON
49ON TIPTOE
264BROWNING
50WHAT MATTERS IT?
265COMPLETENESS
51BLISS CARMAN
266MY GARDEN WALL
52LOW TIDE ON GRAND PRÉ
267IN JUNE
53THE GRAVEDIGGER
268SONG OF THE PAGAN PRINCESS
54THE CRIMSON HOUSE
269SONG
55HACK AND HEW
270CHARLES PELHAM MULVANEY: POPPŒA
56PHILLIPS BROOKS
271GEORGE MURRAY: THE THISTLE
57THE WHITE GULL
272M. H. NICKERSON: A RECOLLECTION
58AMOS HENRY CHANDLER: WHEN DORA DIED
273CORNELIUS O'BRIEN: ST CECILIA
59EDWARD J. CHAPMAN: A SUMMER NIGHT
274THOMAS O'HAGAN
60ANNIE ROTHWELL CHRISTIE
275RIPENED FRUIT
61THE WOMAN'S PART
276THE SONG MY MOTHER SINGS
62AFTER THE BATTLE
277GILBERT PARKER
63WELCOME HOME
278I LOVED MY ART
64GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE
279IT IS ENOUGH
65SKATER AND WOLVES
280THEIR WAVING HANDS
66TO A BUTTERFLY
281AMY PARKINSON: THE MESSENGER HOURS
67RESENTMENT
282FRANK L. POLLOCK
68ECCLESIASTES
283AD BELLONAM
69A CHILD'S EVENING HYMN
284THE TRAIL OF GOLD
70HUGH COCHRANE: IDEAL
285ANDREW RAMSAY
71HEREWARD K. COCKIN: THE DEATH OF BURNABY
286JEPHTHA'S DAUGHTER
72SARA JEANETTE DUNCAN COTES: THE POET
287I WILL NOT TELL
73ISABELLA VALANCY CRAWFORD
288ATKINSON'S MILL
74THE MASTER-BUILDER
289THEODORE HARDING RAND
75THE AXE OF THE PIONEER
290THE DRAGONFLY
76From "THE HELOT"
291BEAUTY
77THE SWORD
292LOVE
78"THESE THREE"
293THE HEPATICA
79FRANCIS BLAKE CROFTON: THE BATTLE-CALL OF ANTI-CHRIST
294"I AM"
80JOHN ALLISTER CURRIE: MY MOTHER
295THE VEILED PRESENCE
81MARGARET GILL CURRIE
296THE GHOST FLOWER
82SARAH ANNE CURZON
297GLORY-ROSES
83VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO LAURA SECORD
298THE CARVEN SHORES
84INVOCATION TO RAIN
299WALTER A. RATCLIFFE: WANTED
85NICHOLAS FLOOD DAVIN: From "EOS"
300JOHN READE
86A. B. DE MILLE
301RIZPAH
87THE ICE KING
302PICTURES OF MEMORY
88BALLAD
303IN MY HEART
89JAMES DE MILLE: From "BEHIND THE VEIL"
304TO LOUIS FRECHETTE[A]
90EDWARD HARTLEY DEWART
305KINGS OF MEN
91SHADOWS ON THE CURTAIN
306DOMINION DAY
92ON THE OTTAWA
307ROBERT REID
93FREDERICK AUGUSTUS DIXON
308POESIE
94A FEATHER'S MESSAGE
309A SONG OF CANADA
95HINC ILLÆ LACHRYMÆ
310CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS
96WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND: THE HABITANT'S JUBILEE ODE
311A NOCTURNE OF CONSECRATION
97JOHN HUNTER DUVAR
312A NOCTURNE OF SPIRITUAL LOVE
98JOHN A'VAR'S LAST LAY
313AN ODE FOR THE CANADIAN CONFEDERACY
99THE MINNÉSINGERS LIED
314CANADIAN STREAMS
100HOW BALTHAZAR THE KING WENT DOWN INTO EGYPT
315THE SILVER THAW
101ARTHUR WENTWORTH HAMILTON EATON
316EPITAPH FOR A SAILOR BURIED ASHORE
102THE EGYPTIAN LOTUS
317THE TRAIN AMONG THE HILLS
103PURPLE ASTERS
318A SONG OF GROWTH
104DEEPENING THE CHANNEL
319SLEEPY MAN
105THE PHANTOM LIGHT OF THE BAIE DES CHALEURS
320NIGHT IN A DOWN-TOWN STREET
106THE MEADOW LANDS
321THE FALLING LEAVES
107MY PUREST LONGINGS SPRING
322AN EPITAPH FOR A HUSBANDMAN
108I WATCH THE SHIPS
323ORIGINS
109JAMES DAVID EDGAR: THIS CANADA OF OURS
324THE WRESTLER
110CONSTANCE FAIRBANKS
325RECESSIONAL
111THE JUNCTION
326ASCRIPTION
112HALIFAX
327THEODORE ROBERTS
113THOSE FAR-OFF FIELDS
328THE SPEARS OF KAN-MAR
114JOSEPH KEARNEY FORAN: THE AURORA BOREALIS
329COLD
115WILLIAM HENRY FULLER: A SONG OF THE SEA
330THE MEN OF MY HEART'S DESIRE
116ALEXANDER RAE GARVIE: From "PHANTASY"
331THE CHASE
117PIERCE STEVENS HAMILTON: From "THE HEROINE OF ST JOHN"
332WILLIAM CARMAN ROBERTS
118S. FRANCES HARRISON
333HISTORY
119VILLANELLE
334AN EASTER MEMORY
120CHÂTEAU PAPINEAU
335MY COMRADE CANOE
121SEPTEMBER
336GEORGE JOHN ROMANES: I ASK NOT FOR THY LOVE, O LORD
122NOVEMBER
337CARROLL RYAN: From "MALTA"
123THEODORE ARNOLD HAULTAIN: BEAUTY
338CHARLES SANGSTER
124CHARLES HEAVYSEGE
339ENGLAND AND AMERICA
125MAGNANIMOUS AND MEAN
340A LIVING TEMPLE
126NIGHT
341THE ILLUMINED GOAL
127THE COMING OF THE MORN
342LOVE'S RENEWAL
128THE MYSTERY OF DOOM
343'TIS SUMMER STILL
129JOHN FREDERIC HERBIN
344DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT
130SIMON
345THE FIFTEENTH OF APRIL
131THE DIVER
346ABOVE ST IRÉNÉE
132ACROSS THE DYKES
347OFF RIVIÈRE DU LOUP
133THE SONNET
348THE END OF THE DAY
134ANNIE CAMPBELL HUESTIS
349A FLOCK OF SHEEP
135GENTLE-BREATH
350MEMORY
136THE LITTLE WHITE SUN
351HOME SONG
137TWENTY-OLD AND SEVEN-WILD
352LIFE AND DEATH
138WILLIAM EDWARD HUNT
353OTTAWA
139GOLDEN-ROD
354GEORGE FREDERICK SCOTT
140THE SEA'S INFLUENCE
355A REVERIE
141THE PASSING OF SUMMER
356EASTER ISLAND
142RICHARD HUNTINGTON
357A DREAM OF THE PREHISTORIC
143SUNRISE ON THE TUSKET
358DAWN
144LOUISBURG
359VAN ELSEN
145JAMES COBOURG HODGINS
360CHARLES DAWSON SHANLY: THE WALKER OF THE SNOW
146ONCE MORE
361FRANCIS SHERMAN
147A GREEK REVERIE
362THE BUILDER
148JOSEPH HOWE
363BETWEEN THE BATTLES
149THE FLAG OF OLD ENGLAND
364From "A PRELUDE"
150THE DESERTED NEST
365A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE THE FALL WAS DONE
151CHARLES EDWIN JAKEWAY: AN UNFINISHED PROPHECY
366GOLDWIN SMITH: FLOSSY (WITH HER OWN PORTRAIT) TO HER MISTRESS
152E. PAULINE JOHNSON (TEKAHIOŃWAKE)
367LYMAN C. SMITH
153THE SONG MY PADDLE SINGS
368CANADA TO COLUMBIA
154AT HUSKING TIME
369From "A DAY WITH HOMER"
155SHADOW RIVER
370WILLIAM WYE SMITH: THE CANADIANS ON THE NILE
156BRIER
371ALBERT E. S. SMYTHE
157PRAIRIE GREYHOUNDS
372THE FORGOTTEN POET
158ROBERT KIRKLAND KERNIGHAN
373DEATH THE REVEALER
159THE SONG OF THE THAW
374HIRAM LADD SPENCER
160PEEPY IS NOT DEAD
375THE RIVER
161WILLIAM KIRBY
376A HUNDRED YEARS TO COME
162THE MARQUIS OF LORNE'S VISIT TO THE NORTH-WEST
377EZRA HURLBURT STAFFORD
163AT SPENCER GRANGE
378CHINOOK
164From "THE SPARROWS"
379THE STRANGE VESSEL
165MATTHEW RICHEY KNIGHT
380THE LAST ORISON
166JACQUES CARTIER
381ALEXANDER CHARLES STEWART: From "THE WANDERER"
167SOVEREIGN MOMENTS
382PHILLIPS STEWART
168THE MERCY OF GOD
383HOPE
169ARCHIBALD LAMPMAN
384From "CORYDON AND AMARYLLIS"
170THE RAILWAY STATION
385From "DE PROFUNDIS"
171OUTLOOK
386BARRY STRATON
172AMONG THE MILLET
387LOVE'S HARVEST
173THE LOONS
388CHARITY
174THE SUN CUP
389AMERICA
175AFTER RAIN
390ARTHUR J. STRINGER
176JUNE
391A SONG IN AUTUMN
177SEPTEMBER
392BESIDE THE MARTYR'S MEMORIAL
178THE GOAL OF LIFE
393CANADA TO ENGLAND
179MARY JANE KATZMANN LAWSON: THE FACE IN THE CATHEDRAL
394BEETHOVEN
180SOPHIA V. GILBERT LEE: THE BROOK
395ALAN SULLIVAN
181LILY ALICE LEFEVRE
396VENICE
182IMPRISONED
397THE WHITE CANOE
183INSPIRATION
398BERTRAM TENNYSON: GORDON
184R. E. MULLINS LEPROHON: THE HURON CHIEF'S DAUGHTER
399EDWARD WILLIAM THOMSON
185WILLIAM DOUW LIGHTHALL
400A DAY-DREAM
186THE ARTIST'S PRAYER
401THE SONG-SPARROW
187THE SWEET STAR
402THE BAD YEAR
188MY NATIVE LAND
403JOHN STUART THOMSON
189STUART LIVINGSTON
404THE VALE OF ESTABELLE
190THE VOLUNTEERS OF '85
405EVEN-TIME
191TO E. N. L.
406LATE AUTUMN
192THE KING'S FOOL
407FRANCIS L. DOMINICK WATERS: From "THE WATER LILY"
193KEATS
408ARTHUR WEIR
194ARTHUR JOHN LOCKHART
409A SNOWSHOE SONG
195ACADIE
410VOYAGEUR SONG
196THE WATERS OF CARR
411THE LITTLE TROOPER
197THE LONELY PINE
412LITTLE MISS BLUE EYES
198BURTON W. LOCKHART
413A CHRISTMAS LULLABY
199From "THE RETROSPECT"
414AGNES ETHELWYN WETHERALD
200LOVE AND SONG
415THE HOUSE OF THE TREES
201JOHN E. LOGAN: THE INDIAN MAID'S LAMENT
416AT THE WINDOW
202AGNES MAULE MACHAR
417TO FEBRUARY
203WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE
418THE HAY FIELD
204SCHILLER'S DYING VISION
419WILLIAM HENRY WITHROW
205LOVE AND FAITH
420OCTOBER
206A MADONNA OF THE ENTRY
421CLOUD CASTLES
207EVAN MACCOLL
422R. WALTER WRIGHT
208THE CHILD OF PROMISE
423EASTER MORN
209GLENORCHY
424A STILL SMALL VOICE
210ELIZABETH ROBERTS MACDONALD: A SONG OF SEASONS
425G. F. W.: SENSE AND SPIRIT
211JOHN MACFARLANE
426EVA ROSE YORK: I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN
212THE TWO ANGELS
427PAMELIA VINING YULE
213A GRAVE IN SAMOA
428THE BEAUTIFUL ARTIST
214A MIDSUMMER MADRIGAL
429WARBLE THY LAYS TO ME
215KATE SEYMOUR MACLEAN
430INDEX OF FIRST LINES
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