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POEMS FOR THE TIME (DEDICATED TO HUMANITY) BY William Henry Cumpston (Author of “Glimmerings of Truth”) THE CALL: “Who knows whether thou art come to The Kingdom for such a time as this.”—"Esther.”  ————————— THE MESSAGE: Exorcise the spirit of pride and lust from the hearts of the sons of men, that there be no […]

23rd Sep 2021 Posted in: Ankrem Couch, The Confederation Poets 0

ROGUES’ HOLLOW: A Satire. By ANKREM COUCH. [illustration] TORONTO: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR. 1879. [unnumbered page] [blank page] PREFACE. That the pride and vanity of the petty aristocracy which flourishes in every place of any size throughout the land, has been carried beyond the bounds of propriety, and a large proportion of their actions beyond […]

23rd Sep 2021 Posted in: Burton L. Collins, The Confederation Poets 0

BIRDS UNCAGED AND OTHER POEMS BY BURTON L. COLLINS. THE Abbey Press PUBLISHERS 114 FIFTH AVENUE LONDON                         NEW YORK                         MONTREAL [unnumbered page] Copyright, 1901, By THE Abbey Press [unnumbered page] To My Wife. [unnumbered page] [2 blank pages] [unnumbered page, includes illustration: BURTON L. COLLINS.] BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE.   ————      BURTON L. COLLINS was […]

23rd Sep 2021 Posted in: John C. Colgan, The Confederation Poets 0

THE POEMS OF JOHN C. COLGAN. [unnumbered page] [illustration] [unnumbered page] THE POEMS OF JOHN C. COLGAN [illustration] TORONTO: HUNTER, ROSE, AND COMPANY. MDCCCLXXIII. [unnumbered page]             PRINTED AND BOUND BY HUNTER, ROSE AND CO., TORONTO. [unnumbered page] ERRATA LOCATION ERROR Page 10, 18.3 “throughfare” corrected to “thoroughfare” Page 13, […]

21st Sep 2021 Posted in: Harriet Cole, The Confederation Poets 0

SONGS FROM THE VALLEY: OR The Valley of Vision, AND OTHER POEMS By Harriet Cole, Milton, Queen’s Co. HALIFAX, N.S. MESSENGER PRINTING OFFICE, 69 & 71 GRANVILLE ST. 1879. [unnumbered page] ERRATA LOCATION ERROR Page 15, 16.6 Inserted closing quotation mark. Page 18, 22.4 Corrected “overthere” to “over there” Page 85, 21.3 Corrected “or” to […]

21st Sep 2021 Posted in: E. S. (W. N.) Clarke, The Confederation Poets 0

THE NEW SONG, AND OTHER POEMS BY MRS. W. N. CLARKE [illustration] TORONTO: THE STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY (LIMITED), 117 YONGE STREET. [unnumbered page] [unnumbered page, includes illustration] TO THE OLD FRIENDS WHO KNOW HOW IT CAME INTO EXISTENCE AND TO THE NEW FRIENDS WHO MAY GIVE IT WELCOME, THIS LITTLE BOOK IS OFFERED. E.S.C. [unnumbered […]

21st Sep 2021 Posted in: Katherine A. Clarke, The Confederation Poets 0

LYRICAL ECHOES BY KATHERINE A. CLARKE TORONTO: WILLIAM BRIGGS WESLEY BUILDINGS 1899 [unnumbered page] Entered according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight                      hundred and ninety-nine, by WILLIAM BRIGGS, at the Department of Agriculture. [unnumbered page] CONTENTS. ——— […]

21st Sep 2021 Posted in: Katherine A. Clarke, The Confederation Poets 0

[handwritten: Can. Clarke, Katherine A.] To       [handwritten: Edith Galh Lormbo] With Best Wishes,     Katie A. Clarke. TORONTO,     Christmas, 1894. [illustration] [unnumbered page] A BLESSING. [illustration]     “The LORD bless thee, and keep thee; The LORD make His face to shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: […]

Poetical Directory OF THE TOWN OF LINDSAY AND BUSINESS MEN OF THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY, BY A. G. CHURCHILL Lindsay: PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE “CANADIAN POST.” 1872. [unnumbered page] LINDSAY. ___ See Seugog’s powerful waters flow     Through Lindsay Town, Ontario, And County of Victoria,     In British North America. Steamboats and […]

21st Sep 2021 Posted in: Edward John Chapman, The Confederation Poets 0

[handwritten: Can. [illegible word] Chapman, Edward J.] // East and West:           A Summer’s Idleness. // [unnumbered page] [handwritten: by E.J. Chapman] [unnumbered page] [handwritten: Mrs. Seymour, with the author’s kind regards + remembrance] EAST AND WEST: A SUMMER’S IDLENESS, —BY— E. J. C. “We look before and after, And pine for […]