Enigma-
Enigma- Some men are born to gather women’s tears, To give a harbour to their timorous fears, To take them as the dry earth takes the […]
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From Shadow Now the November skies, And the clouds that are thin and gray, That drop with the wind away; A flood of sunlight rolls, In […]
READ MORENight Hymns on Lake Nipigon
Night Hymns on Lake Nipigon Here in the midnight, where the dark mainland and island Shadows mingle in shadow deeper, profounder, Sing we the hymns of […]
READ MOREOde for the Keats Centenary
Ode for the Keats Centenary February 23, 1921. Read at Hart House Theatre before the University of Toronto. The Muse is stern unto her favoured sons, […]
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Off Riviere Du Loup O ship incoming from the sea With all your cloudy tower of sail, Dashing the water to the lee, And leaning grandly […]
READ MOREPermanence
Permanence Set within a desert lone, Circled by an arid sea, Stands a figure carved in stone, Where a fountain used to be. Two abraded, pleading […]
READ MORERain and the Robin
Rain and the Robin A ROBIN in the morning, In the morning early, Sang a song of warning, “There’ll be rain, there’ll be rain.” Very,very clearly […]
READ MORERapids at Night
Rapids at Night Here at the roots of the mountains, Between the sombre legions of cedars and tamaracks, The rapids charge the ravine: A little light, […]
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Stone Breaking March wind rough Clashed the trees, Flung the snow; Breaking stones, In the cold, Germans slow Toiled and toiled; Arrowy sun Glanced and sprang, […]
READ MOREThe Forsaken-
The Forsaken- I Once in the winter Out on a lake In the heart of the north-land, Far from the Fort And far from the hunters, […]
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