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11th Mar 2014 Posted in: Early Writing in Canada 0

[7 blank pages]  [unnumbered page, includes illustration] [blank page] [illustration] BROCKVILLE Looking west on the St. Lawrence TORONTO HENRY ROWSELL. KING STREET [unnumbered page] [blank page] THE MAPLE-LEAF, OR Canadian Annual; A LITERARY SOUVENIR FOR 1849.   There’s a language of flow’rs, understood full well, But the message of joy or grief; But the heart’s […]

10th Mar 2014 Posted in: Modernist Canadian Poets 0

[2 blank pages] THE DEFICIT MADE FLESH [unnumbered page] BY THE SAME AUTHOR Under the Hill A completion of Aubrey Beardsley’s unfinished romantic novel in its original form. [unnumbered page] Indian File Books: 9  THE DEFICIT MADE FLESH JOHN GLASSCO 1958 McCLELLAND& STEWART LIMITED TORONTO [unnumbered page] TO MY MOTHER Beatrice M. Glassco [unnumbered page] […]

28th Feb 2014 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

THE DESERTED CITY Stray Sonnets written by F.S. and Rescued for the Few who love them by H.D. Privately Printed MDCCCXCIX [unnumbered page] [blank page] THE DESERTED CITY THE HOUSE OF NIGHT THOUGH all the light were lifted from the land, And a great darkness lay upon the sea; Though, groping each for some not-careless […]

28th Feb 2014 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

[3 blank pages] A GARLAND OF SONNETS [unnumbered page] [blank page] A GARLAND OF SONNETS BY CRAVEN LANGSTROTH BETTS In Praise of the Poets INGOMAR—Of what use are garlands? PARTHENIA—Their use is to be fair. Imprinted for and Published by M.F. MANSFIELD AND A. WESSELS, at 1135 Broadway, New York ANNO                DOMINI,              MDCCCXCIX. [unnumbered page] […]

26th Feb 2014 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

[2 blank pages] THE CELTIC HEART [unnumbered page] [blank page] The Celtic Heart By Constance Davies Woodrow Toronto THE RYERSON PRESS MCMXXIX [unnumbered page] THE CELTIC HEART BY CONSTANCE DAVIES WOODROW Author of The Captive Gypsy and The Children’s Caravan; and Authorized Translator of Nipsya, by Georges Bugnet. [unnumbered page] ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS    Thanks are due […]

21st Feb 2014 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

Sea Mist And Other Poems by Marion Isabel Angus [unnumbered page] Marion Isabel Angus Dec. 16, 1926 LP  [unnumbered page] DEDICATED to MY MOTHER, whose unfailing sympathy and constant encouragement have greatly assisted me in my literary endeavours. [unnumbered page] [blank page] INDEX PAGE Sea Mist 7 Ships on the Horizon 8 Spring 9 Autumn […]

20th Feb 2014 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

The Poems of Christina Willey [unnumbered page]  [blank page] The Poems of Christina Willey Copyright, Canada, 1928 By Christina Willey. TORNOTO Findlay I. Weaver, Publisher 1928 [unnumbered page] Contents Grace for Joy 2 The Incarnation 3 O Thrush 4 My Lover’s Step 4 The Dial 4 Your Message 4 The Wanderer 5 Memoria Perpetua 6 […]

20th Feb 2014 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

LIFE THOUGHTS [unnumbered page] [blank page] LIFE THOUGHTS BY PAUL R. AGER TORONTO WILLIAM BRIGGS 1912 [unnumbered page] DEDICATED TO THE SERVICE OF GOD FOR MANY BLESSINGS IN THE PAST [unnumbered page] [blank page] PREFACE       THE author hopes the message conveyed in the verses may prove spiritually helpful to many, and as they were […]

20th Feb 2014 Posted in: Modernist Canadian Poets 0

[2 blank pages] MY SANCTUARY GARDEN [unnumbered page] [2 blank pages] [illustration] Alice Elizabeth Wilson [unnumbered page] MY SANCTUARY GARDEN By ALICE ELIZABETH WILSON McCLELLAND AND STEWART PUBLISHERS — TORONTO [unnumbered page] COPYRIGHT, CANADA, 1937 by McCLELLAND & STEWART LIMITED, TORONTO [unnumbered page] To All Holy and Beautiful things, and in memory of Alice Elizabeth […]

19th Feb 2014 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

 [2 blank pages] COMFORT And OTHER POEMS By ALICE E. WRIGHT F. D. GOODCHILD           Company PUBLISHERS                    TORONTO 1924 [unnumbered page] 1924 DEDICATION To my dear children and grandchildren these verses are dedicated with love and thoughts for their happiness. [unnumbered page] CONTENTS PART I PAGE COMFORT 11 WHY CHRIST CAME 12 THE TRINITY 13 POWER […]