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

The Call of the Carillon Annie Charlotte Dalton . The Call of the Carillon Hark! hark! the bells do ring! Like the white-throat in the Spring, “I love Canada, Canada, Canada! I love Canada” they sing. Oh, hear the bells of Canada, As lightly blown as foam Across our own dear Canada, Our country ad […]

24th Jul 2013 Posted in: Others, The Confederation Poets 0

[2 blank pages] POEMS LYRICS AND SONNETS BY AGNES ETHELWYN WETHERALD AUTHOR OF “THE HOUSE OF TREES,” “TANGLED IN STARS,” “THE RADIANT ROAD,” ETC.   TORONTO THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY LIMITED [unnumbered page] COPYRIGHTED, CANADA [unnumbered page] PREFATORY NOTE Nearly one-half of the within poems appear in book form now for the first time; the […]

24th Jul 2013 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

Songs and Sonnets by Helena Coleman (1906) Within my garden, on the southern side Where warm and strong the sun’s battalions fall, The lilies grow superbly white and tall, The mignonette and phlox spread far and wide; The roses there are my perpetual pride, The ivy riots laughing up the wall, And all my flower-loves, […]

24th Jul 2013 Posted in: Edwardian and Georgian Canadian Poets 0

Marching Men War Verses By Helena Coleman 1917 J.M. Dent & Sons LTD. London – Toronto Contents. PAGE Marching Men 9      Flaring bugle, throbbing drum. ’Tis Not the Will That’s Wanted 11      Would God that mine were better luck. When First He Put the Khaki On 13      When first he put the […]

23rd Jul 2013 Posted in: Others, The Confederation Poets 0

[blank page] THE ACACIA. [unnumbered page] [blank page] The Acacia. BY HARRIET ANNIE. HAMILTON: PRINTED AT THE “SPECTATOR” OFFICE, COURT HOUSE SQUARE. 1860 [unnumbered page] [blank page] THE ACACIA. THE BROTHER’S REMEMBRACE. In a church, in Canada West, stands a marble slab containing the following inscription: “To the most affectionate of brothers, * * * […]

22nd Jul 2013 Posted in: Others, The Confederation Poets 0

VICTOR ROY A Masonic Poem. BY HARRIET ANNIE WILKINS. HAMILTON: SPECTATOR PRINTING COMPANY. 1882 [unnumbered page] [blank page] DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, —TO— DANIEL SPRY, ESQ. GRAND MASTER OF THE GRAND LODGE, A.F. & A.M. OF CANADA [unnumbered page] [blank page] PREFACE. AN anecdote appeared some time ago in the pages of “The Craftsman” which gave […]

19th Jul 2013 Posted in: Others, The Confederation Poets 0

WAYSIDE FLOWERS. BY HARRIET ANNIE WILKINS. WITH A PREFACE BY THE REV. WILLIAM STEPHENSON. TORONTO: HUNTER, ROSE & COMPANY. 1876. [unnumbered page] [blank page] Dedication.      To the memory of those who watched my infancy, whose love gladdened my childhood, whose prayers strengthened my better purposes, whose holy example I would emulate, and the […]

18th Jul 2013 Posted in: Others, The Confederation Poets 0

[blank page] AUTUMN LEAVES. BY HARRIETT ANNIE. HAMILTON, ONT: SPECTATOR PRINTING HOUSE, COR. MAIN AND JAMES STS. 1869. [unnumbered page] [blank page] AUTUMN LEAVES. A LATE VISITOR. One night of late, when the wild storm was raging, The city bells had tolled their last night chime, I, reading by the glow of coal and light […]

5th Jul 2013 Posted in: Others, The Confederation Poets 0

The Radiant Road BY ETHELWYN WETHERALD Author of “Tangled in Stars,” etc. BOSTON Richard G. Badger The Gorham Press 1904 [unnumbered page] Copyright, 1903, by Ethelwyn Wetherald Printed at The Gorham Press Boston, U. S. A. [unnumbered page] To A. S. M. (“The Princess Alice”) Who has warmed with the radiance of her spirit so […]