TO
A TRUE WOMAN, IN WHOM ARE UNITED THE
MANY VIRTUES WHICH ADORN HER SEX,
WITH A STRENGTH OF INTELLECT
RARELY SURPASSED,
THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED
BY HER HUSBAND
PREFACE.
The poems in this volume have been written at various periods of a busy life, and are widely separated in date of composition. Most of the minor poems have appeared in Canadian periodicals, and some of them have the local colour of the city in which they were written. The poem most recent in date is Marguerite, which has been written under conditions more favourable than the rest, and which appears now for the first time. The poems have been inspired by the history and the scenery of Canada, and in collecting them, and in issuing and publishing them, the author hopes to put in permanent literary form some of the natural and social aspects which are peculiar to this country.
Montreal, Nov., 1886.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE. | |
| PREFATORY NOTE | [ 4] |
| SONNET TO LOVE | [ 6] |
| MARGUERITE, OR THE ISLE OF DEMONS | [ 8] |
| EUDORA | [79] |
| THE VOICE OF THE AGES | [88] |
| THE WOODLAND WALK | [90] |
| THE STREET WAIF | [94] |
| THE SONG OF A GLORIFIED SPIRIT | [100] |
| BOUND TO THE WHEEL | [103] |
| THE APPLE WOMAN | [106] |
| ON MOUNT ROYAL | [111] |
| MAIDEN LONGINGS | [117] |
| ASPIRATION | [119] |
| THE HAWK AND THE SPARROW | [123] |
| CELESTINE | [129] |
| TO A YOUNG LADY | [131] |
| BETRAYED | [134] |
| EPITHALAMIUM | [137] |
| IN THE WOODS OF ST. LEON | [147] |
| THE LOVER’S DREAM | [149] |
| THE HEROES OF VILLE-MARIE | [153] |
| CHANGE ON THE OTTAWA | [161] |
| THE BLIND MINSTREL OF THE MARKET PLACE | [167] |
| TO W. H. MAGEE | [173] |
| LINES ON RECOVERING FROM ILLNESS | [178] |
| HALLOWEEN IN CANADA | [181] |
| ETHEL | [192] |
| KEATS | [195] |
| THE CRISIS | [198] |
| IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH GUIBORD | [201] |
| “IT MOVES” | [204] |
| SUPERSTITION | [207] |
| VIGER SQUARE | [208] |
| 1881 | [210] |
| DESPONDENT | [211] |
| THOMAS D’ARCY McGEE | [213] |
| THE NEWS-BOY | [215] |
| CHARLES HEAVYSEGE | [219] |
| BOOKS | [222] |
| THE DRUNKARD | [224] |
| A NIGHT ON THE SKATING RINK | [227] |
| JACK FROST’S HAPPY DREAM | [231] |
| MONTREAL CARNIVAL SPORTS | [234] |
| PETER WIMPLE’S COURTSHIP | [242] |
| FEAR OF BLINDNESS | [269] |
| UNKNOWN | [271] |
| FLORAL ENVOY | [273] |
| ON THE DEATH OF A VETERAN JOURNALIST | [276] |
| HEART-HUNGER | [277] |
| TO A YOUNG AUTHOR ON HIS BIRTHDAY | [278] |
| TO G. I., AT STRATFORD-ON-AVON | [279] |
| MERCY | [280] |
| LOVE AND DEATH | [281] |