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