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3rd Dec 2013 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

[blank page] Five War Poems A Memento of this Great, Most Cruel, and Atrocious War! By ISAAC S. WHITE The Backwoods Poet Author of “Manitoba Muses,” etc. WINNIPEG ISAAC S. WHITE 453 FLORA AVENUE [unnumbered page] [blank page] Five War Poems A Memento of this Great, Most Cruel, and Atrocious War! By ISAAC S. WHITE […]

2nd Dec 2013 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

[3 blank pages] In the Day of Battle POEMS OF THE GREAT WAR SELECTED BY CARRIE ELLEN HOLMAN THIRD EDITION TORONTO WILLIAM BRIGGS 1918 [unnumbered page]    All the profits from the sale of this edition will be sent to Lady Drummond for the King George and Queen Mary Maple Leaf Clubs.  The sale of […]

28th Nov 2013 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

BALLADS OF DISARMAMENT AND OTHER POEMS BY REV. GEORGE SCOTT SAINT JOHN, N.B. THE SAINT JOHN GLOBE PUBLISHING CO. LIMITED 1923 [unnumbered page] Copyright, 1923 The Saint John Globe Publishing Co. Limited [unnumbered page] Ballads of Disarmament I. THERE’S a blessed rumour flying, Circling round into the east That our ancient hates are dying, And […]

20th Nov 2013 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

[10 illustrations] John F. McDonnell.    Hon. Joseph Howe. Mrs. J. C. Yule.     Alma Frances McCollum.     Mrs. Susanna Moodie. Grant Allen.     Charles Dawson Shanly.     Eric McKay Yeoman. [unnumbered page] A WREATH OF CANADIAN SONG CONTAINING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND NUMEROUS SELECTIONS FROM DECEASED CANADIAN POETS By MRS. C. M. WHYTE-EDGAR TORONTO WILLIAM BRIGGS 1910 [unnumbered page] Copyright, […]

11th Nov 2013 Posted in: Others, The Confederation Poets 0

A Bouquet OF SONNETS FOR Thoughtful Moments. Copyrighted according to Act of Parliament. [unnumbered page] PREFACE. The following Sonnets are the fruits of “half-hour meditations” by the writer on the various themes dwelt upon.  They are all subjects worthy of an abler handling than my poor pen can give them, as the spare hours of […]

11th Nov 2013 Posted in: Others, The Confederation Poets 0

[blank page] THE HOLLY BRANCH. BY HARRIETT ANNIE. HAMILTON, C. W. PRINTED AT THE SPECTATOR OFFICE, JAMES STREET. 1851. [unnumbered page] [blank page] EPISTLE DEDICATORY. To SIR ALLAN NAPIER MACNAB, KNIGHT, M.P.P., AND THE FRATERNITY OF FREEMASONS. “I have written unto you, Brethren, because ye have known that which was from the beginning.”    BRETHREN!—Accept […]

23rd Oct 2013 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

Dear Mrs. Ballan— May I venture to offer you these little verses for the sake of that (on page 121) same gesture of the photographer given me by dear Mr. Ballan whose memory I hold in dearest reverence, With love—Lilian Whiting, 1896. [unnumbered page] [3 blank pages] FROM DREAMLAND SENT. BY LILIAN WHITING. AUTHOR OF […]

21st Oct 2013 Posted in: Others, The Confederation Poets 0

[blank page] LAYS OF CANADA AND OTHER POEMS [unnumbered page] [blank page] LAYS OF CANADA — AND — OTHER POEMS — BY — THE REV. DUNCAN ANDERSON, M.A. MONYMUSK. “QUOD SPIRO, ET OLACEO, SO PLACEO, TUUM EST.” Montreal: PRINTED BY JOHN LOVELL & SON. 1890. [unnumbered page] Entered according to Act of the Parliament of […]

30th Sep 2013 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

[4 blank pages] FRAGMENTS By M. L. HOPE Toronto William Briggs 1911 [unnumbered page] Copyright, Canada, 1911, By M. L. Hope. [unnumbered page] FRAGMENTS [unnumbered page] [blank page] FRAGMENTS I. Cheer, oh, my brother, up and be doing, Leave not a corner untried in the fight; Hands may be weary, and heart overflowing; Still ever […]

30th Sep 2013 Posted in: Others, The Confederation Poets 0

[blank page] Ane Auld Prophecie, bot doubte be Merlyne or Thomas of Erceldoune. [unnumbered page] [blank page] Toronto February 4th, 1892 Dear Lord Napier of Etrick           I am slowly recovering from a very severe attack of bronchitis, which must be my apology for delay in replying to your kind letter of the 26th December. […]