Carols of Canada, Etc., Etc.

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Brave maiden-love! bright sister-faith! Of this Columbian land, Why should fair youth, as tidal wreck, Drift up on either strand? Ye mothers! when your sons set sail On life's t...

Raise high the royal standard! Shame not thy royal birth; The prestige of thy might sustain, Thou noblest of the earth! Great Canada! thou fair, free land! A world looks forth t...

And as it higher streaked the heavens, and further gilt the wave, There dawned a sight that chilled stout hearts within those erstwhile brave-- A sight which called the soldier...

Thine was no faith of pulseless form, Of actor, acting well his _role_; Or deeming, through mere solemn rites, To nourish the immortal soul, Nor thine that bare and stunted grow...

So Viscount Edwin sat and dreamed bright dreams of after hours When the curate's winsome daughter should reign at Crawfurd towers; And a new, sweet peace stole o'er him as he th...

In her calm, tender, beauty arising She smiled as she journeyed on high; Till the shadows fled far o'er the pineland, Till ocean smiled back to the sky. And our souls, in those...

The waning year is nigh its round, The air is crisp and cool; Though footsteps linger, love, unbound, Doth greet my boys from school. I feel the shadows lengthening, The twiligh...