Poems of James McIntyre

by James McIntyre

SKETCHES ON THE BANKS OF THE CANADIAN THAMES.

"The muse nae poet ever fand her
Till by himsel' he learned to wander
Adown some trotting burn's meander."

—Burns.

The valley of the Thames, we presume, includes Stratford on the north and Woodstock and Ingersoll on the south. The Avon, on whose banks Stratford is located, joins the Thames near St. Marys. The middle branch flows through Embro and Thamesford. The south and middle branches unite and flow through Dorchester and Westminster and blend with the northern branch at London, where it deviates to Elgin in the south.