Transcriber's Note:

Punctuation and possible typographical errors have been changed.

Archaic, variable and inconsistent spelling and hyphenation, have been preserved.

Inconsistencies in spelling and sequence of author names and poem titles in Table of Contents, body, Notes of Authors and Index of First Lines have been retained.

A TREASURY OF

CANADIAN VERSE

For English natures, freemen, friends,
Thy brothers and immortal souls.

—Love thou thy Land.

A TREASURY
OF
CANADIAN VERSE

WITH BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL
NOTES

SELECTED AND EDITED BY

THEODORE H. RAND

D.C.L.

AUTHOR OF
'AT MINES BASIN AND OTHER POEMS'

NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.
LONDON: J. M. DENT & CO.
1900

THIS ANTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH-CANADIAN VERSE
IS INSCRIBED WITH AFFECTIONATE ADMIRATION
TO

LOUIS FRÉCHETTE

LL.D., F.R.S. CAN.
C.M.G.
the Lamartine of Canada

A TREASURYOFCANADIAN VERSE

A TREASURY
OF
CANADIAN VERSE