LAURA SECORD, THE HEROINE OF 1812:

A DRAMA.

AND OTHER POEMS.

 

BY

SARAH ANNE CURZON.

     “And among them all move the majestic, white-robed bards, striking their golden harps, and telling the tales of the days of old, and handing down the names of the heroes for ever.”—JUSTIN H. McCARTHY.

     “The soul of the book is whatever beautiful and true and noble we can find in it.”—KINGSLEY’S “HYPATIA”

 

Toronto:
C. BLACKETT ROBINSON, 5 JORDAN STREET.
1887.




CONTENTS.

 

[DEDICATION AND ERRATA]
[PREFACE]
[MEMOIR OF MRS. SECORD]

LAURA SECORD, THE HEROINE OF THE WAR OF 1812
A BALLAD OF 1812
THE QUEEN’S JUBILEE
THE HERO OF ST. HELEN’S ISLAND
OUR VETERANS OF 1812. (A PLEA)
LOYAL
ON QUEENSTON HEIGHTS
NEW ORLEANS, MONROE, MAYOR
THE SONG OF THE EMIGRANT
TO THE INDIAN SUMMER
IN JUNE
LIVINGSTONE. IN MEMORIAM
THE QUEEN AND THE CRIMEAN SOLDIERS
TO A CHILD
HOME
LOST WITH HIS BOAT
LIFE IN DEATH
INVOCATION TO THE RAIN
REMONSTRANCE WITH “REMONSTRANCE”
THE ABSENT ONES
AWAY
POOR JOE
FRAGMENTS
THE SWEET GIRL GRADUATE. (A COMEDY)

FABLES: ORIGINAL AND FROM THE FRENCH.

THE CHOICE
 
INSINCERITY  
THE TWO THREES
Le May.
FABLE AND TRUTH
Florian.
THE CALIPH
THE BLIND MAN AND THE PARALYTIC
DEATH
THE HOUSE OF CARDS
THE BULLFINCH AND THE RAVEN
THE WASP AND THE BEE

TRANSLATIONS.

IN MEMORY OF THE HEROES OF 1760

Le May.
THE SONG OF THE CANADIAN VOLTIGEURS
THE LEGEND OF THE EARTH
Jean Rameau.
THE EMIGRANT MOUNTAINEER
Chateaubriand.
FROM “LIGHTS AND SHADES”
Hugo.
VILLANELLE TO ROSETTE
Desportes.
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NOTES
APPENDICES

EDITORIAL EMENDATIONS