Hope freights your tides, Canadian streams!

St. Lawrence, whose wide water laves

The shores that ne'er have nourished slaves!

Swift Richelieu of lilied fame!

Niagara of glorious graves!

Thy rapids, Ottawa, proclaim

Where Daulac and his heroes came!

Thy tides, St. John, declare La Tour,

And, later, many a loyal name!

Thou inland stream, whose vales, secure