This Canada of ours and other poems

by James David Edgar

THIS CANADA OF OURS

AND OTHER POEMS.

BY

J. D. EDGAR, M.P.

TORONTO:

WILLIAM BRIGGS, WESLEY BUILDINGS.

Montreal: C. W. Coates. | Halifax: S. F. Huestis.

1893.

Entered, according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, by J. D. Edgar, M.P., Toronto, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture, at Ottawa.

CONTENTS.

1. Page

2. 1.

   This Canada of Ours ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   5

3. 2.

   Keswick Bay ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   7

4. 3.

   Canadian Autumn Tints ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   11

5. 4.

   Arouse Ye, Brave Canadians ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   14

6. 5.

   The Song Sparrow ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   16

7. 6.

   Canadian Camping Song ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   18

8. 7.

   Un Canadian Errant—Translation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   20

9. 8.

   Saguenay—Translation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   24

10. 9.

    A Summer Night—Translation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    26

11. 10.

    Nunc est Bibendum—Translation ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    30

12. 11.

    The Great Divide ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    33

13. 12.

    The White Stone Canoe ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    34

14. 13.

    Euthanasy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    56

15. 14.

    The Thistle of Scotland ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    57

16. 15.

    Lia Fail ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    59

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1. Note 1. The Song Sparrow ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   62

2. Note 2. Un Canadien Errant ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   62

3. Note 3. The Great Divide ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   63

4. Note 4. The White Stone Canoe ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   63

5. Note 5. Lia Fail ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   64