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A Treasury of Canadian Verse

A Treasury of Canadian Verse

by Theodore H. Rand

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Editor
Rand, Theodore H. (Theodore Harding), 1835-1900
Title
A Treasury of Canadian Verse, with Brief Biographical Notes
Credits
Produced by Larry B. Harrison, Ralph and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Canada -- Poetry
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 54601
Release Date
April 25, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A TREASURY OF CANADIAN VERSE — PREFACE — AUTHORS AND SELECTIONS
  2. 2.THE WHITETHROAT
  3. 3.MARGARET H. ALDEN — MOTHER'S WORLD
  4. 4.JOSEPH ANTISELL ALLEN — From "DAY-DREAMS"
  5. 5.GRANT ALLEN — ONLY AN INSECT
  6. 6.WILLIAM TALBOT ALLISON — "THERE SAT THE WOMEN WEEPING FOR THAMMUZ" — THE MEN OF THE NORTH — VANISHINGS
  7. 7.SOPHIE M. ALMON-HENSLEY — CONTENT — SONG — THERE IS NO GOD
  8. 8.DUNCAN ANDERSON — THE DEATH OF WOLFE. — SPORT
  9. 9.ALICE M. ARDAGH — SIC PASSIM
  10. 10.ISIDORE G. ASCHER — BY THE FIRELIGHT
  11. 11.SAMUEL MATHEWSON BAYLIS — IN MATABELE LAND — THE COUREUR-DE-BOIS.
  12. 12.JOHN WILSON BENGOUGH — SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD — RESTITUTION
  13. 13.CRAVEN LANGSTROTH BETTS — IN MEMORIAM — CHAUCER — POPE
  14. 14.BLANCHE BISHOP — THE BRIDE O' THE SUN — WINTER FLOWERS — CHRISTMAS MORN
  15. 15.EDWARD BLACKADDER — ANNAPOLIS ROYAL
  16. 16.JEAN BLEWETT — THE TWO MARYS — SHE JUST KEEPS HOUSE FOR ME — AT QUEBEC
  17. 17.JOHN BREAKENRIDGE — THE TROUBADOUR
  18. 18.JOHN HENRY BROWN — THE PARLIAMENT OF MAN — A SUNSET
  19. 19.EDWARD BURROUGH BROWNLOW — THE WHIP-POOR-WILL — THE SONNET
  20. 20.GEORGE FREDERICK CAMERON — THE GOLDEN TEXT — IS THERE A GOD? — ON TIPTOE — WHAT MATTERS IT?
  21. 21.BLISS CARMAN — LOW TIDE ON GRAND PRÉ — THE GRAVEDIGGER — THE CRIMSON HOUSE — HACK AND HEW — PHILLIPS BROOKS — THE WHITE GULL
  22. 22.AMOS HENRY CHANDLER — WHEN DORA DIED
  23. 23.EDWARD J. CHAPMAN — A SUMMER NIGHT
  24. 24.ANNIE ROTHWELL CHRISTIE — THE WOMAN'S PART — AFTER THE BATTLE — WELCOME HOME
  25. 25.GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE — SKATER AND WOLVES — TO A BUTTERFLY — RESENTMENT — ECCLESIASTES — A CHILD'S EVENING HYMN
  26. 26.HUGH COCHRANE — IDEAL
  27. 27.HEREWARD K. COCKIN — THE DEATH OF BURNABY
  28. 28.SARA JEANETTE DUNCAN COTES — THE POET
  29. 29.ISABELLA VALANCY CRAWFORD — THE MASTER-BUILDER — THE AXE OF THE PIONEER — From "THE HELOT" — THE SWORD — "THESE THREE"
  30. 30.FRANCIS BLAKE CROFTON — THE BATTLE-CALL OF ANTI-CHRIST
  31. 31.JOHN ALLISTER CURRIE — MY MOTHER
  32. 32.MARGARET GILL CURRIE — BY THE ST. JOHN
  33. 33.SARAH ANNE CURZON — VISIT OF THE PRINCE OF WALES TO LAURA SECORD — INVOCATION TO RAIN
  34. 34.NICHOLAS FLOOD DAVIN — From "EOS"
  35. 35.A. B. DE MILLE — THE ICE KING — BALLAD
  36. 36.JAMES DE MILLE — From "BEHIND THE VEIL"
  37. 37.EDWARD HARTLEY DEWART — SHADOWS ON THE CURTAIN — ON THE OTTAWA
  38. 38.FREDERICK AUGUSTUS DIXON — A FEATHER'S MESSAGE — HINC ILLÆ LACHRYMÆ
  39. 39.WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND — THE HABITANT'S JUBILEE ODE
  40. 40.JOHN HUNTER DUVAR — JOHN A'VAR'S LAST LAY — THE MINNÉSINGERS LIED — HOW BALTHAZAR THE KING WENT DOWN INTO EGYPT
  41. 41.ARTHUR WENTWORTH HAMILTON EATON — THE EGYPTIAN LOTUS — PURPLE ASTERS — DEEPENING THE CHANNEL — THE PHANTOM LIGHT OF THE BAIE DES CHALEURS — THE MEADOW LANDS — MY PUREST LONGINGS SPRING — I WATCH THE SHIPS
  42. 42.JAMES DAVID EDGAR — THIS CANADA OF OURS
  43. 43.CONSTANCE FAIRBANKS — THE JUNCTION — HALIFAX — THOSE FAR-OFF FIELDS
  44. 44.JOSEPH KEARNEY FORAN — THE AURORA BOREALIS
  45. 45.WILLIAM HENRY FULLER — A SONG OF THE SEA
  46. 46.ALEXANDER RAE GARVIE — From "PHANTASY"
  47. 47.PIERCE STEVENS HAMILTON — From "THE HEROINE OF ST JOHN"
  48. 48.S. FRANCES HARRISON — VILLANELLE — CHÂTEAU PAPINEAU — SEPTEMBER — NOVEMBER
  49. 49.THEODORE ARNOLD HAULTAIN — BEAUTY
  50. 50.CHARLES HEAVYSEGE — MAGNANIMOUS AND MEAN — NIGHT — THE COMING OF THE MORN — THE MYSTERY OF DOOM
  51. 51.JOHN FREDERIC HERBIN — SIMON — THE DIVER — ACROSS THE DYKES — THE SONNET
  52. 52.ANNIE CAMPBELL HUESTIS — GENTLE-BREATH — THE LITTLE WHITE SUN — TWENTY-OLD AND SEVEN-WILD
  53. 53.WILLIAM EDWARD HUNT — GOLDEN-ROD — THE SEA'S INFLUENCE — THE PASSING OF SUMMER
  54. 54.RICHARD HUNTINGTON — SUNRISE ON THE TUSKET — LOUISBURG
  55. 55.JAMES COBOURG HODGINS — ONCE MORE — A GREEK REVERIE
  56. 56.JOSEPH HOWE — THE FLAG OF OLD ENGLAND — THE DESERTED NEST
  57. 57.CHARLES EDWIN JAKEWAY — AN UNFINISHED PROPHECY
  58. 58.E. PAULINE JOHNSON (TEKAHIOŃWAKE) — THE SONG MY PADDLE SINGS — AT HUSKING TIME — SHADOW RIVER — BRIER — PRAIRIE GREYHOUNDS
  59. 59.ROBERT KIRKLAND KERNIGHAN — THE SONG OF THE THAW — PEEPY IS NOT DEAD
  60. 60.WILLIAM KIRBY — THE MARQUIS OF LORNE'S VISIT TO THE NORTH-WEST — AT SPENCER GRANGE — From "THE SPARROWS"
  61. 61.MATTHEW RICHEY KNIGHT — JACQUES CARTIER — SOVEREIGN MOMENTS — THE MERCY OF GOD
  62. 62.ARCHIBALD LAMPMAN — THE RAILWAY STATION — OUTLOOK — AMONG THE MILLET — THE LOONS — THE SUN CUP — AFTER RAIN — JUNE — SEPTEMBER — THE GOAL OF LIFE
  63. 63.MARY JANE KATZMANN LAWSON — THE FACE IN THE CATHEDRAL
  64. 64.SOPHIA V. GILBERT LEE — THE BROOK
  65. 65.LILY ALICE LEFEVRE — IMPRISONED — INSPIRATION
  66. 66.R. E. MULLINS LEPROHON — THE HURON CHIEF'S DAUGHTER
  67. 67.WILLIAM DOUW LIGHTHALL — THE ARTIST'S PRAYER — THE SWEET STAR — MY NATIVE LAND
  68. 68.STUART LIVINGSTON — THE VOLUNTEERS OF '85 — TO E. N. L. — THE KING'S FOOL — KEATS
  69. 69.ARTHUR JOHN LOCKHART — ACADIE — THE WATERS OF CARR — THE LONELY PINE
  70. 70.BURTON W. LOCKHART — From "THE RETROSPECT" — LOVE AND SONG — BY THE GASPEREAU
  71. 71.JOHN E. LOGAN — THE INDIAN MAID'S LAMENT
  72. 72.AGNES MAULE MACHAR — WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE — SCHILLER'S DYING VISION — LOVE AND FAITH — A MADONNA OF THE ENTRY
  73. 73.EVAN MACCOLL — THE CHILD OF PROMISE — GLENORCHY
  74. 74.ELIZABETH ROBERTS MACDONALD — A SONG OF SEASONS
  75. 75.JOHN MACFARLANE — THE TWO ANGELS — A GRAVE IN SAMOA — A MIDSUMMER MADRIGAL
  76. 76.KATE SEYMOUR MACLEAN — BALLAD OF THE MAD LADYE — BIRD SONG
  77. 77.ELIZABETH S. MACLEOD — ALEXANDER MACKENZIE
  78. 78.A. D. MACNEILL — THE SEA-GULL
  79. 79.DONALD M'CAIG — THE TRAMP
  80. 80.JAMES M'CARROLL — A ROYAL RACE — DAWN — THE GRAY LINNET
  81. 81.WILLIAM M'DONNELL — From "MANITA"
  82. 82.BERNARD M'EVOY — A PHOTOGRAPH IN A SHOP WINDOW — REVISED PROOFS
  83. 83.THOMAS D'ARCY M'GEE — OUR LADYE OF THE SNOW
  84. 84.WILLIAM P. M'KENZIE — MOONLIGHT — GABRIELLE — THE MOTHER'S SONG — LULLABY SONG
  85. 85.ALEXANDER M'LACHLAN — INDIAN SUMMER — BOBOLINK — THE MAN WHO ROSE FROM NOTHING
  86. 86.JOHN M'PHERSON — THE MAYFLOWER — IN THE WOODS
  87. 87.CHARLES MAIR — UNTAMED — THE VOICE OF THE PINES — THE HUMMING BIRD — INNOCENCE
  88. 88.GEORGE MARTIN — SHELLEY — TO MY CANARY BIRD — LALEET
  89. 89.HELEN M. MERRILL — THE BLUE FLOWER — AT EDGEWATER — THE PROMISE OF SPRING — SUN-GOLD
  90. 90.SUSANNA MOODIE — THE MAPLE-TREE — THE FISHERMAN'S LIGHT
  91. 91.MARY MORGAN — "IN APPREHENSION, SO LIKE A GOD." — CHARITY — LIFE
  92. 92.IRENE ELDER MORTON — BROWNING — COMPLETENESS — MY GARDEN WALL — IN JUNE — SONG OF THE PAGAN PRINCESS — SONG
  93. 93.CHARLES PELHAM MULVANEY — POPPŒA
  94. 94.GEORGE MURRAY — THE THISTLE
  95. 95.M. H. NICKERSON — A RECOLLECTION
  96. 96.CORNELIUS O'BRIEN — ST CECILIA
  97. 97.THOMAS O'HAGAN — RIPENED FRUIT — THE SONG MY MOTHER SINGS
  98. 98.GILBERT PARKER — I LOVED MY ART — IT IS ENOUGH — THEIR WAVING HANDS
  99. 99.AMY PARKINSON — THE MESSENGER HOURS
  100. 100.FRANK L. POLLOCK — AD BELLONAM — THE TRAIL OF GOLD
  101. 101.ANDREW RAMSAY — JEPHTHA'S DAUGHTER — I WILL NOT TELL — ATKINSON'S MILL
  102. 102.THEODORE HARDING RAND — THE DRAGONFLY — BEAUTY — LOVE — THE HEPATICA — "I AM" — THE VEILED PRESENCE — THE GHOST FLOWER — GLORY-ROSES — THE CARVEN SHORES
  103. 103.WALTER A. RATCLIFFE — WANTED
  104. 104.JOHN READE — RIZPAH — PICTURES OF MEMORY — IN MY HEART — TO LOUIS FRECHETTE [A] — KINGS OF MEN — DOMINION DAY
  105. 105.ROBERT REID — POESIE — A SONG OF CANADA
  106. 106.CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS — A NOCTURNE OF CONSECRATION — A NOCTURNE OF SPIRITUAL LOVE — AN ODE FOR THE CANADIAN CONFEDERACY — CANADIAN STREAMS — THE SILVER THAW — EPITAPH FOR A SAILOR BURIED ASHORE — THE TRAIN AMONG THE HILLS — A SONG OF GROWTH — SLEEPY MAN — NIGHT IN A DOWN-TOWN STREET — THE FALLING LEAVES — AN EPITAPH FOR A HUSBANDMAN — ORIGINS — THE WRESTLER — RECESSIONAL — ASCRIPTION
  107. 107.THEODORE ROBERTS — THE SPEARS OF KAN-MAR — COLD — THE MEN OF MY HEART'S DESIRE — THE CHASE
  108. 108.WILLIAM CARMAN ROBERTS — HISTORY — AN EASTER MEMORY — MY COMRADE CANOE
  109. 109.GEORGE JOHN ROMANES — I ASK NOT FOR THY LOVE, O LORD
  110. 110.CARROLL RYAN — From "MALTA"
  111. 111.CHARLES SANGSTER — ENGLAND AND AMERICA — A LIVING TEMPLE — THE ILLUMINED GOAL — LOVE'S RENEWAL — 'TIS SUMMER STILL
  112. 112.DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT — THE FIFTEENTH OF APRIL — ABOVE ST IRÉNÉE — OFF RIVIÈRE DU LOUP — THE END OF THE DAY — A FLOCK OF SHEEP — MEMORY — HOME SONG — LIFE AND DEATH — OTTAWA
  113. 113.GEORGE FREDERICK SCOTT — A REVERIE — EASTER ISLAND — A DREAM OF THE PREHISTORIC — DAWN — VAN ELSEN
  114. 114.CHARLES DAWSON SHANLY — THE WALKER OF THE SNOW
  115. 115.FRANCIS SHERMAN — THE BUILDER — BETWEEN THE BATTLES — From "A PRELUDE" — A LITTLE WHILE BEFORE THE FALL WAS DONE
  116. 116.GOLDWIN SMITH — FLOSSY (WITH HER OWN PORTRAIT) TO HER MISTRESS
  117. 117.LYMAN C. SMITH — CANADA TO COLUMBIA — From "A DAY WITH HOMER"
  118. 118.WILLIAM WYE SMITH — THE CANADIANS ON THE NILE
  119. 119.ALBERT E. S. SMYTHE — THE FORGOTTEN POET — DEATH THE REVEALER
  120. 120.HIRAM LADD SPENCER — THE RIVER — A HUNDRED YEARS TO COME
  121. 121.EZRA HURLBURT STAFFORD — CHINOOK — THE STRANGE VESSEL — THE LAST ORISON
  122. 122.ALEXANDER CHARLES STEWART — From "THE WANDERER"
  123. 123.PHILLIPS STEWART — HOPE — From "CORYDON AND AMARYLLIS" — From "DE PROFUNDIS"
  124. 124.BARRY STRATON — LOVE'S HARVEST — CHARITY — AMERICA
  125. 125.ARTHUR J. STRINGER — A SONG IN AUTUMN — BESIDE THE MARTYR'S MEMORIAL — CANADA TO ENGLAND — BEETHOVEN
  126. 126.ALAN SULLIVAN — VENICE — THE WHITE CANOE
  127. 127.BERTRAM TENNYSON — GORDON
  128. 128.EDWARD WILLIAM THOMSON — A DAY-DREAM — THE SONG-SPARROW — THE BAD YEAR
  129. 129.JOHN STUART THOMSON — THE VALE OF ESTABELLE — EVEN-TIME — LATE AUTUMN
  130. 130.FRANCIS L. DOMINICK WATERS — From "THE WATER LILY"
  131. 131.ARTHUR WEIR — A SNOWSHOE SONG — VOYAGEUR SONG — THE LITTLE TROOPER — LITTLE MISS BLUE EYES — A CHRISTMAS LULLABY
  132. 132.AGNES ETHELWYN WETHERALD — THE HOUSE OF THE TREES — AT THE WINDOW — TO FEBRUARY — THE HAY FIELD
  133. 133.WILLIAM HENRY WITHROW — OCTOBER — CLOUD CASTLES
  134. 134.R. WALTER WRIGHT — EASTER MORN — A STILL SMALL VOICE
  135. 135.G. F. W. — SENSE AND SPIRIT
  136. 136.EVA ROSE YORK — I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN
  137. 137.PAMELIA VINING YULE — THE BEAUTIFUL ARTIST — WARBLE THY LAYS TO ME — NOTES OF AUTHORS — INDEX OF FIRST LINES

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