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July 5, 2023On the Death of the late Earl of Rochester
July 5, 2023A Sunset at Les Eboulements
Broad shadows fall. On all the mountain side
The scythe-swept fields are silent. Slowly home
By the long beach the high-piled hay-carts come,
Splashing the pale salt shallows. Over wide
Fawn-coloured wastes of mud the slipping tide,
Round the dun rocks and wattled fisheries,
Creeps murmuring in. And now by twos and threes,
O’er the slow spreading pools with clamorous chide,
Belated crows from strip to strip take flight.
Soon will the first star shine; yet ere the night
Reach onward to the pale-green distances,
The sun’s last shaft beyond the gray sea-floor
Still dreams upon the Kamouraska shore,
And the long line of golden villages.
Archibald Lampman
Archibald Lampman (1861-1899) was a Canadian poet and journalist who was part of the Confederation Poets, a group of poets who wrote in the late 19th century. He is best known for his poems that celebrate the beauty of the Canadian landscape. Some of his notable works include "Among the Millet" (1888) and "The Story of an Affinity" (1896).