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POEMS 
 
 BY 
 
 JOHN GLASGOW 
 
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CONTENTS 
 
 T6 the Memory of Mm. Hugh VaUance 
 The Hero 
 
 The First Sleigh Ride of the Seuon' 
 The Solitude of a Canadian Forest 
 
 rroia chJ^,"- ^"^■' ""*-•>'• R'Po" 
 
 Bryant's June ... 
 The Dying Year . 
 A Beautiful Present 
 
 ?L^" **T*^ °° Receiving His Utters 
 The Sensitive Plant 
 
 Lines to Major James Walker 
 
 Lines Written on the Death of a Stater 
 Ve're Mlther's Ta'tn Awa' . 
 
 To a Humming Bird 
 
 Jehovah's ?< ver . 
 
 To the Memory of Bro. John Meakins 
 
 Fight for Freedom 
 
 Brock's Monument 
 
 Lundy's Lane 
 
 That Bottomless Pit 
 
 The Creeling o' Jock Tamson . 
 
 The Valley Beneath . " 
 
 Lines In Miss Simpson's Album 
 
 Freedom Wi' Sense to Guide It 
 
 Tecumseh ... 
 
 The Charitable Work 
 
 Shlkellimus 
 
 A Poet Impatient 
 
 Oor Jessie V 
 
 Four Classmates ..." 
 
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CONIENTS 
 
 Homeland and Mother . ""* 
 
 Moonlight Courtship .... ^* 
 
 Burns Anniversary " • • • 79 
 
 To William Murray ..." ' * ** 
 
 Ye Meny Men of Canada ... " ?' 
 
 D*» or Dee ... "* 
 
 In the Long Tim» Ago ^^ 
 
 The Chief End of Man .".*.".' ' 
 
 Farewell to Scotland *^ 
 
 The Lass Wi" the Pawkle E'en ^ 
 
 The Reaptr 9° 
 
 Song for the Caledonian Society . ^' 
 
 Sir John Macdonald's Last Speech ^ 
 
 Canada ... '^ 
 
 Muskoka Kate . . * ^ 
 
 Poetic Welcome . ^^ 
 
 Greetings from St. Andrew's v.. jvolent Society" . ' " ^ 
 
 Congratulatory Telegrams j 90 
 
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 IXTRODUCTION. 
 
 from a f^"^ u '""' ™'"""' °f P«'n,_„l.c,ed 
 from a large number of miscellaneous composilions- 
 wr....„ and left behind him a. his death by .he'" .John 
 
 Ontario as Major Glasgow of the Canadian Volunteers 
 
 whoT H ?" '"' ':'""'^ ""'"• °f "" ""J- -« his widow 
 (who d ed last year), represented and guided by Mr lohn 
 
 Kennck of Hamilton (one of the ex-pLidents'of the"^ St 
 e«rv'f ,.?'•''"?''"'"''• " ™^ "' H-tioned, of 
 the booklet may secure a. the booksellers as the desire to 
 furnish those friends who most loved and admired hm n 
 h.s hfe-fme w,th a fitting memorial, however humble of 
 one whose services to Canada at I..-ge, and parluUr^y 
 .o Hamilton, should not be forgotten. Coming to Canada 
 
 iIh m '.r *"" '■" """"" '""" "« «"'h of Scott 
 land, Mr. Glasgow's first efforts were directed with his 
 father's towards the manufacture of a farm from the fore 
 
 wtnttor-tr T'^'l"' """^' "' "'"'""'""■ ■'" North 
 cYnfi T „ '""""o"^. ■'""'".r, or too patriotic to 
 confine h.mself to the comparative monotony of agricu" 
 tural work, he soon became an ardent wearer ff th. 
 Queen s uniform as a volunteer, and did good service 
 w,.h other Wentworth lad, on the Niagara frfnti.r d'ri g 
 the rebellion of .837. Removing into Hamilton with hi! 
 
wife and father, when the latter «rrew old tu .• . 
 was for A cniinu ,>«• oucieiy, ot which he 
 
 Grten and .woeUy may the gra« grow 
 O er the grave of Brother Glasgow • 
 
 WILLIAM MURRAY. 
 Athol Bank, Hamilton, May, ,902. 
 
Poems by John Glasgow 
 
 TO THE MEMORY- OF MRS. HUGH VALLANCE. 
 
 January sth, 1883. 
 
 ^ Ha/hin ^"*"^/. * ^"*"'' °f '"^"y years. 
 
 And v.t th' r' ^" V.°"S' ^ '"' farewell. 
 AV-fU^ ''"" °^ ^"' ^°"d love appeari 
 As .f the.r power would with us iSSger dwell 
 
 "" wt^I^°rfu'e d'ir^'f "* l"" ^""^ *»>« «<^^o" 
 vvnere virtue did implant the royal seal • 
 
 V u" '^ ''^' °^ °"« harmonious whoi; - 
 She hoped to live but for another", we^l ' 
 
 '^Of^mllr'.! ' ''''*^ *° ^"■^'^ *he healthy seed 
 Of mora grandeur in this vale of tears 
 
 Such lofty lives in man's behalf wSpleTd 
 And npen fruit in time's revolving years. 
 
 Hut felt the flame humanity cast forth ? 
 Her peaceful views, without an evil trace 
 
 Displayed the gem of her inherent ''orth. 
 Who now will make the oft repeated call? 
 
 riie hfeless clay from yonder silent tomb. 
 
 She sleeps that sleep so gentle to the just 
 
 Tho- r •'■'''5 '^ "'°"^ ^'^'^PS roughly i"er the oast 
 Tho hv.ng dewdrops bathe her sfcred duVt ' 
 
 No murmur 's heard to wound her soul a 'rest 
 
THE HERO. 
 
 fired upon, but mldeWiH^Z.L?, 'l'* "^V *P°"«'' ""^ 
 usefulness was gone and cam., "5*»l*" f^oughtthat hi, 
 there two years Durint^^ "'* ^""' *"** remained 
 had swooped down and burnL'h"^"''''"" '^"^ '"^•«"» 
 that his family had bf.nh ^* ^.°""' ^'^ beheving 
 
 wife thinking^ hfd met thTdl?h ")•' "Tf *''"*^- "«» 
 self and her two small bov !, ** °/« •o'^ien Put her- 
 
 troops and were tak'n o N^ewTork TnJ'lTl'Z "' *'* 
 to St. Johns, New BrunsS u ^^ «ve"t"a"y sent 
 
 placed ^n goal and the^a^ ctfisc" ^d'"' Aftra'f' ''^". 
 ttXh[Tp-^',er rer^^h"^^ f"^ ^-^^^ 
 
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 she by chance Lard ^ffr'J:'bf/^''' " ^'^^ '''»• 
 Land was settled at thTh^.H?rV'^ "^""°^ 'Robert 
 
 the description given thou^ht^h^tl" °"*u^"°' »"^ ^••°'" 
 her husband She\mnZ°^^ ^^* '^ '""8^'^' P°«'Wy be 
 
 her backhand sefoutTdlngtrVir/e'?' 1 't" ^.''"*^' °" 
 husband, quietly eniovin^ hL^ J ft 'P'''' *'^'' '°"8' 'o^t 
 numerous band of^nH-^ himself altho' surrounded by a 
 
 Wellinron'sreet1n\htcVo"fH^^^^^^ 
 
 ation gleaned in sev^r^.! ^hJ i °"' *^''om inform- 
 
 that Robertland ;eUUd^^:a"r thrh/",!''' \'^""' 
 .-8., no. possibly la 'erTha"%s Y/wt .h. *./!" 
 
 Dunlt^ t^ t'lh ' V4f 'l';^ «"'"" "" ""'" '» now 
 , mt year 1786; a number of U. E. 
 
Loyah.t. settl.nj; m the neigborhood shortly aJtcrward. 
 A few of the name* of the early settlers are ohn Aikm.n 
 John Depew. John Lottridge. George Stuart DurTnd 
 
 mon. Michael Hess, kirkendal , Peter Feriruson rfrr.« 
 
 Scotland .796). We may here mention that fame" M ^ 
 
 a her of George H. Mills. Esq.. came from New Jersey i^ 
 
 79J. and settled on what is now King street west and 
 
 on the west side of Hess str-.t H« r »"«« wesi, ana 
 
 Christina He.s. who "with "er pa ents'irttled T" S' 
 ThrMH "s ^fi^r'n' r'^' '^^«- Wrma;t^e'no?e t a? 
 poses from the bay up to King street. What wonderful 
 changes have taken place since that time Now we 'u^n 
 
 ec'elve"'Sfent-7r"""S'^°;"*'- '' ^ ^^^^ '" *»>« "o^c anS 
 receiNe a plentiful supply for all purposes. 
 
 as weTarH.'m'!!? '"^ ^T-^"'^ '*• '^^'"^ ^^ ^' ^' loyalists 
 thJu.J^''" '^""^ '^'^ "eighborhood, for we find 
 
 Ibode'Tn' tt'etTs" '" ^J^haefsnider had made it'his 
 aooae in the \ear 1802. Another true old man hv th» 
 name of Thomas Morden (father of arjerman W F 
 Morden and his brother John of this city) Tad fotmd k 
 convenient to leave Pennsylvania and settle in Wes^nam 
 
 asidVfrom tH "°^- '"''"^ "^^* othersbut h wou^d be' 
 aside from the hero to mention any but the early settlers 
 
 THE HERO. 
 
 Fierce surged the tempest o 'er the land 
 With human force and crimsoned hand. 
 There brothers, face to face would stand. 
 
 In combat's deadly fight. 
 There fiery youth, with burning ire, 
 Pressed hard with blade the hoKtile si 
 
 Each thinking he was right 
 
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 The groaning fore»fs echoed wail 
 RthearMd the h.mlet . .ickcnlng ult, 
 A. .treiimlct. rushing thro' the vale. 
 
 Bfcome of darker hue. 
 rhe mother s lov. more keenly prest 
 
 Her mfant to her milkiest breaet; 
 With little else in view. 
 
 l^* "'?*?|«1» ««»". « fruitful shower. 
 
 Where many p,nks and the wooJIandi flower 
 
 But flower and the forest lacked relief 
 For weeping heart, bound down with grief 
 For wrongs that had been done 
 
 H!ltni!f ♦*'" *'*•*• "° P«««^"' -tar. 
 Helped to assuage internal war, 
 
 Whilst many longed for lands afar. 
 
 Where Britain's glory reigned. 
 But ere our hero thus had plan'd; 
 H.S cot was touch'd by burning brand, 
 
 For loyalty maintained. 
 
 The soul of grief, seemed now to test 
 The tendrils of his throbbing breast 
 As he drew near the holocaust 
 
 Where sacred ashes slept, 
 
 T« «T''*''**r^^'" "*^»» shapeless wall. 
 To find nought but a blackn'd pall, 
 Ere he sat down and wept. 
 
 His anguished frame hushed not the groan 
 That mmgled with the woodland moan. 
 They hved-but this to him unknown, 
 
 Eased not the broken heart. 
 He weepmg, viewed the cleanly soil, 
 The plot wherein his spouse would toil 
 
 With fond, and wifely art. 
 
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But ah ! alas, he homcleis stood 
 Unihtlttrcd, smv« by towcrinff wood. 
 Where stately stags of wildest brood 
 
 Oft furnish 'd his repast. 
 But friendless now he well might spare 
 The slinking wolf, the boldest bear. 
 
 No hearth had the outcast. 
 
 With lasting ire our hero burn'd, 
 
 As to the north his footsteps tum'd, 
 
 His heart, of hearts yea, weeping mourn'd 
 
 O 'er dust thus left behind. 
 His grief swept bosom seemed to swell. 
 Like numbers of a requiem knell 
 
 Born far upon the wind. 
 
 One ling 'ring look, one fond adieu, 
 Forever, to the homeless view. 
 Ere, he, his manly courage threw 
 
 Into the work designed. 
 No tempting bait of fruitful land, 
 That health and vigour would command, 
 
 Could change his loyal mind. 
 
 In nature's guise before him stood 
 The dreary wild, the trackless wood, 
 Where rugged rock, the restless flood, 
 
 Ne 'er felt man's subtle skill. 
 But for the task he lack d the fear. 
 That weaker wights would fail to bear, 
 
 He stood unconquered still. 
 
 Tho* tangled briar, where nature smiled 
 O er venom'd vixens, quietly coiled, 
 The luscious rasp the man beguiled, 
 
 And halted by the way , 
 Where pebbled spring, with gentle flow, 
 Refreshed the heart, and cooled the biow, 
 
 Beneath the fiercest rav. 
 
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 And loyalty could still command ' 
 
 Tho far .he reach «nd wild th. w.v 
 To thuH make good Ontario. May '^^ 
 
 He, hopeful fanclei wovt. 
 No escort found he to aasay 
 When dan^'ers rife in secret lav 
 
 The .tar. hy niifht. the .u! by'day, 
 
 %Vere his un^rrinjr ipulde • 
 And when the sun low ki.fed th; nlain 
 H.- wear,., I^H.. tho; pinch'eVX'^ 
 More labor ne er denied. 
 
 Hut nature's stern 'appeal for rest 
 N* er Hct aside by strongest te?r 
 
 Oue distance from the spoil. 
 
 The sm.iiler g.ime were his at will 
 H.S humble menu thus to fill. ' 
 Ihe deep ravine id highest hill 
 
 H ' f^^V"*^ ^'avinjT yellow ^rair 
 Had yet adorned the wooded plain 
 
 O" which, that he passed o er. 
 
 Er°'mZf- "^'"' ^" "'*•• '''»^* «"d feast. 
 Ihat -sportive played athwart the east 
 F..h ,^"1° <=•■ the inland sea. ' 
 
 Each day h.s soul seemed more inspired 
 By dreamy hope that inwards firTcl^ ' 
 1 he herr. to be free. 
 
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 And often a« he onwnrdi ntnnt 
 
 Thro' UiiKicU brake and vhclter.nl ifrovt, 
 
 Tht wild ptumn from »om» rocky cove 
 
 Rnriched hiii mid<d{iy' meal. 
 WhIUt, iilieii in their watery bed 
 With frajjront htonsomii montly shed. 
 
 To man made flrsit appeal. 
 
 Swift would he upeed o 'er Indian truil, 
 V\ hich made hin manly ho»om quail. 
 For ini'ocence could not prevail. 
 
 O cr the bloodthirsty band, 
 Which lonjfed to strike a stealthy blow. 
 At hated white or dusky foe 
 
 Who had there fury fanned. 
 
 Ves a distant far in sheltered spot. 
 Were found a woodman's humble cott, 
 And happy there the inmates lot 
 
 If they were left in peace. 
 The virgin soil, of which they till'd, 
 Their scanty storehouse barely filll 'd, 
 
 With the first famed increase. 
 
 No fancied flowers enriched the sp.in. 
 Which from their cabin outwards ran ; 
 The needful plant was all that man 
 
 Could honestly acquire. 
 Hii wife, and he. in homespun garb. 
 Full oft, had felt the pointed barb 
 
 Of hunger'* deepest ire. 
 
 Both anxious, they discussed the strife, 
 Which had for years leaped into life, 
 Where shot and shell, and scapling knife, 
 
 Fill 'd up the lonely tomb. 
 Vet here ou'" hero's lofty prid" 
 Left none in doubt on which the side 
 
 He loved to m.ike his home. 
 
T.JI they couJd friendly meet 
 
 He stood there as a child. 
 
 Cut thro' the rock U,! ^°'^^ beneath. 
 H!c k J '. "''® giants' swath 
 H.S head with rev 'rence bent 
 
 Ac k- 1 .'"^^a" oi awe, 
 AS he enchained look 'd on 
 
 Hi^ '.a?i:?,'f^^°''/°j; -•"« he stood, 
 
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 He, hopeful now, sank down to rest 
 Where fortune had his footsteps cast, 
 A welcome son, a royal crest. 
 
 Strong; in a worthy cause. 
 No Delawarian, hostile clan 
 Could here insult the vig^orous man, 
 
 Regardless of our laws. 
 
 Old Britain's weal and ancient fire 
 Shot thro' his veins, the strong desi 
 That this fair land a strong Empire 
 
 In time, might surely make 
 Her honest, true and worthy men, 
 Far famed, known to the utmost ken. 
 
 He loved them for her sake. 
 
 The patriot spoke in his soul. 
 No lesser aim sought for control. 
 Whilst thus he mused, Niagara's roll 
 
 Still rumbled in his ear. 
 Its rush and roar he left behind, 
 A silent, western course to find 
 
 Where streamletit dimpled clear. 
 
 The towering Maple's lofty shade, 
 Its trunk, with sweetest wealth inlaid. 
 A loyal, lovely welcome bade 
 
 To such a worthy son. 
 Each leaf, an ensign, o'er him waved, 
 ihe emblem on his heart engraved. 
 
 An honor justly won. 
 
 Jll^;^°f^^^^.^^^^-Ml, modest flower, 
 *Jtt hidden m its cosy bower 
 Look'd up, rejoicing in the hour, 
 
 And gave - blushing hail ; 
 I he rough-burr chestnut, spreading wide. 
 There with the oak and walnut vied. 
 
 Enriching more the vale. 
 
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 In restless haste he travelled o'er 
 
 That skirtj Ontario's B.iv 
 
 Thus, far away from warlike broil 
 
 ^ow hirremh^r^"^^' ^°- -"' 'I foil, 
 wow here embarked in peaceful toil, 
 
 He longred for strife no more 
 In evening calm he oft would sTrav 
 To where the wavelets loved to pl^y 
 
 And laugh upon the shore 
 
 Thn'''"'!!''!* l^':'^' °^ "-"Stic form, 
 
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 Buta.ti^:^:^rsed. 
 
 i-or those m foreign grave. 
 Years many, he in lowly state 
 Thus bowed, submissive to his fate • 
 But here, m short, let me relate ' 
 
 Another's woeful tale. 
 "IS worthy spouse, in wailing wrath 
 Deemedhehadmetasoldier^sd::;h' 
 wnust on some scouting trail. 
 
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 Rude were the times, and harsh the hand 
 Entrusted with a brief command— 
 Her youthful sons, too frail to stand, 
 
 All— all, were forced to flee. 
 Depressed in mind, and faint .f heart, 
 1 hey felt the loser's painful smart 
 
 Ere they made to the sea. 
 
 The willing hand here fails to trace 
 Disconsolation's mournful pace, 
 Tho' passing with a wot. m's grace, 
 
 The time went slowly on. 
 The silent hours, full oft I deem, 
 Would there recall the troubled dream 
 
 Of one forever gone. 
 
 With halo of a peace secured. 
 
 Years, seemed it were, ere time allured 
 
 1 heir drooping spirits, half assured. 
 
 To thus regain their home. 
 But, after days of tearful toil, 
 The wasp of war would still recoil 
 
 To darken make the gloom. 
 
 Hope scorned the cause, misfortune chased 
 When hungry want the victims faced. 
 Niagara, at last, were traced 
 
 Upon the checkered board. 
 But, then again, how true, alas, 
 Wide were the fields o'er which to pass 
 
 To Canada adored. 
 
 The trend of time, at length, made sure 
 To garnish, with romantic cure. 
 Where highest type could ne'er alure. 
 
 Or sway the troubled mind, 
 hnsconced again on Britain's soil, 
 With much forgotten of her toil. 
 
 Fate, stranger things designed. 
 
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 f.?.T* ?;;"l'^'"*f sire, ne'er well content 
 
 Had travelled far God'. aVl sent 
 
 To view the lovely Bay. 
 He with our Hero well conversed, 
 And many strange events reheariid, 
 *ire he went on his way. 
 
 In time, this true and widowed dame 
 Thus strangely heard our Hero's nTme, 
 
 WS.U ^*'t *'^«"'bled at the word : 
 
 Her^'oT -'^ '^'' ?°"°*> ^° her back. 
 Her rroanmg soul seemed on the rack, 
 nil she sought out her lord. 
 
 What heart can feel, or hand portray. 
 Their union, near the silv'ry bay ? 
 Of woeful tales, each had a say! 
 
 In interesting form. 
 They laugh'd they wept, with sorrow fled 
 Each one had thought the other de^d^ ' 
 
 Both victims of the storm. 
 
 The eldest and the youngest pet. 
 With mother and the sire, to set 
 
 Example to the fold ; 
 The rustic shed, flat roofed and small, 
 ^y' f ' once, to larger hall. 
 The large increase to hold. 
 
 •Twa. veil the sire was used to toil : 
 No plough had he to stir the soil : 
 One kettle, wherewithal to boil, 
 
 Or bake, before the fire, 
 ^uch pioneers of olden fame 
 Knew naught of things of modern name. 
 
 Nor had they great desire. 
 
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 Their mill iuelf w«« but • .tone 
 
 W.th Il«tle shaped at Nature', throne. 
 A A '^•.•"'^fom the lordly deer 
 And yet, they .eemed in heklth to live 
 On bountie. that the earth would p^^e 
 Starvation gave no fear ^ ' 
 
 Who had the dreary gauntlet ran, 
 They loved the dear old-fa.hioned plan. 
 
 That k.ndr..du,t, their day might live 
 In friundship's worthy way. 
 
 They have no press, to stir the bile. 
 
 Or novels toned, to cause a smile. ' 
 
 Old news to them were new. 
 
 Sear by t ^^'T^' ™^^«^ »<="J^' 
 
 u» ^ u " *'y'*^ *he gravel heieht 
 Hard by well sheltered in the wood 
 The loyal Mills, in glory .tooS. ' 
 
 Lord of a dainty site. 
 
 Their rugged hearts, of manlv fir* 
 Loved Britain's fami wiS's'^^ong desire 
 Each gallant youth, each aged sire ' 
 
 Th^v 1- V ^°"''ted Britain's skill' 
 They lived, true subjects of a land 
 
 ^'"'^f„^^''°r'-nd kindly hand. 
 In loyal friendship .stili. 
 
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 In Mason, when, with tim* to tpart, 
 And baskets filled with homely fare, 
 They snuffed the mountain's breezy air, 
 
 With royal rustic glee, 
 And when, for frolic, all were joined. 
 Perchance, some cheerful game was coined, 
 
 Midst laughter's piping kee. 
 
 With hearts aglow, proud of its worth, 
 They well might grasp the scenic North, 
 Ontario, wide spreading forth, 
 
 The bay, and airy beach. 
 Few lands, could boast a richer scene. 
 Where rural skill, or sportsman keen. 
 
 Had such a varied reach. 
 
 Those worthy heroes loved it well, 
 
 Twas where they sought in peace to dwell. 
 
 Their hardships it in terms could tell, 
 
 That few would understand, 
 They were the hosts who could display 
 A courage, equal to the day. 
 
 When men were in demand. 
 
 Tho* those brave men have sank to rest. 
 Their offspring yet with throbbing breast 
 Cling to the spot, where sires at last, 
 
 Were granted their release. 
 Where now the spire and lofty dome 
 O'eripok the ashes of the tomb. 
 
 All sleeping now in peace. 
 
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 THE FIRST SLEIGH RIDE OF THE SEASON. 
 
 ?h! U° « •"^ *''••'' D«cemb.r morn, 
 The le«fle.« trees, with look forlorn, 
 The gusty wind upon its way 
 Bespoke a storm, on hand that day. 
 
 Sru^tVn*! "' '"?^^' ^'■«" mountiin cot, 
 KelucUntly rose from the spot. 
 
 Where honest thrift in yondVr sire 
 Had kmdled up his morning fire. 
 
 TTie d^k green lake, a glorious view, 
 Was changed to that of darker hue. 
 While here and there, in endless roir. 
 The whitecaps lashed the distant shore. 
 And l.ke gull, wheel'd in various fo^m. 
 Eventful of the coming storm. ' 
 
 tach gallant craft at anchor lay. 
 Dismantled, safe within the Bay : 
 For fool is he that rashly braves 
 Ontario's deep and angry waves. 
 
 The storm at last seemed now to fall 
 
 In eddies round the forest tall, 
 
 The crisp and glisfning welcome snow. 
 
 In dappled spots began to show,— 
 The frozen fields, an' all thereon. 
 Their winter garK began to don. 
 
 1 he towering mountain's shaggy side 
 Us rugged rocks began to hide! 
 The stately ash and evergreen 
 Were half obscured by snow between. 
 Ihe feariess snow birds glad to see 
 The snow drifts, swept them in their glee, 
 And gamboled round there to and fro 
 Regardless of the pelting snow. 
 
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 The young folks laughed to vee it full, 
 
 Old Rory'i neigh pealed from the itall, 
 
 Hit well-ihaped limbs and graceful form 
 
 Were well equipped to breast the storm ; 
 
 For oats and hay were never spared 
 
 To make him fo' the road prepared,— 
 
 Old Rory is a gallant steed 
 
 As ever passed and took the lead. 
 
 His mate and him, his owners say, 
 
 Were sired by Blanchard's Cleveland's Bay, 
 
 Of sturdy stock ; I'm sure each beast 
 
 Is worth full fifty pounds at least, 
 
 As often they had tried the wind 
 
 Of fancy nags they left behind. 
 
 The household there, with rosy pride. 
 
 Indulged in prospect of the ride. 
 
 The double sleigh was turned about. 
 
 And dusty cobwebs dusted out, 
 
 The Buffalo robes were handed down, 
 
 With bearskins, found of fair renown. 
 
 That winter's frost, of fatal power. 
 
 Ne'er entered through at midnight hour,— 
 
 But youthful hearts, with cheerful charms. 
 
 Care little for our winter storms, 
 
 It's hoary age, with all its train, 
 
 That keenly feels the biting pain ; 
 
 Old sober age begets the thought 
 
 That such like joys are dearly bought, 
 
 While cool reflection seems to say. 
 
 When I were young I felt as they. 
 
 But to my tale — the harness on, 
 
 That Rodger bought at Hamilton, 
 
 And joyful bells to give alarm 
 
 To those they passed amid the storm, — 
 
 The family yacht is now unmoor'd. 
 
 With social glee they step aboard. 
 
 The laughing throng, freights full the sleigh, 
 
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 Each gallant sits with lover gmy i 
 Tha HtUa folk, with laughtar too 
 Parsiatantly male* up tht crew ; 
 A jolly lot, of care bereA, 
 At ever tailed a landsman'i craft. 
 At huntsman's speed aw.^y they go, 
 0!d Rory'f heeli throw up the mow, 
 blectnc like ; they onwards glide. 
 And dash the whirling drift aside, 
 O'er hill and dale and mountain turn. 
 With noiseless speed they're onward borne 
 Through scenery that smiles beget, 
 Where former lovers fondly met 
 By shelfring woods, thick and immense. 
 Where rustic love made first advance,— 
 They pass the Oak and Maple grove, 
 Where country tales tempt youths to rove, 
 Where summer suns, with fiery hue, 
 No more than dries the morning dew ; 
 They leave the orchard by the way. 
 Where pioneers were wont to play— 
 With courage up, like soldiers brave. 
 They pass the redskin's lonely grave, 
 And reach the willows by the well 
 Where warriors drank, as gossips tell. 
 The Valley City to the right 
 With Hamilton now heaves in sight ; 
 Each turret cleaves the falling snow 
 That s hurled to the plain below. 
 The sweeping valley, rock and bay. 
 No fairer seme, the artists say,— 
 
 ^H T^.'i'' *'"* ^'^^ ^"'^ S°^g^ between, 
 with held, and spire, and sweet ravine, 
 And inland sea, with beach and height. 
 All rushing on the dazzled sight. 
 Here rugged roadways climb the steep. 
 And cross the streamlets angry leap. 
 There mill and workshop meets the eye 
 
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 or railway touriats paaain^ by. 
 ptra ttrracad lawna, with cultivattd ahada. 
 And hara the wilda that natura mada ; 
 With nooic and icnoU, and pabblad atraod, 
 Which chaar tha haart on av'ry hand. 
 Htra chaary woodman, homaward bound, 
 Malcai hill and daia with long raaouad ; 
 Hia apicy taam, his only prida, 
 Maanwhila, afraid would forward rlida. 
 Tha whiatlaa ahrill diacordant cry, 
 Thara, makaa tha dappltd galdinga ahy. 
 Till bit and Una, with akill and ttrangth, 
 Haa rainad tham up at icarca a langth. 
 
 Tha jovial party, now at aasa, 
 Behold their goal gleam through tha traaa. 
 The patriarch hastens to the door. 
 To hear of friends he knew of yora ; 
 His lusty spouse make up the pair, 
 With anxious ears, tha newa to share. 
 Ere little John and cousin Kate 
 Had opened wide the outer gate, 
 Like noble hosts their credit save ; 
 While they, a kindly welcome gave. 
 The Cleveland Bays by Tom the lad 
 Were stabled up, and promptly fed, 
 The checkered blankets now were on. 
 And tightly girthed by little John, 
 While the grey haired and worthy sire 
 Had stirred anew the maple fire ; 
 And young and old, in social mirth, 
 Were gathered round the kitchen hearth ; 
 In country phrase, there to assail 
 Dull drowsy care with joke and tale, 
 Loud laughter, like a mountain stream, 
 Now echoed thro' from base to beam ; 
 While grandame's goods, in season stored. 
 Profusely decked the ample board ; 
 And judgment keen prouounced thj ^-<ist 
 
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 A* that of Epicurtan tastt. 
 Tha luscioua fruita wtra quickly found. 
 In Plata and baskat handad round ; 
 Tha good old man— giva him tha praiaa— 
 Had Diantad wall in youthful daya; 
 And faw can boaat of traa and vina. 
 And aqual his Spitibargana fina. 
 Fraa aa tha braaia, he'd tillad tha acll. 
 And raapa tha harvast of hia toil ; 
 Contantmant in aach furrowad lina, 
 Baapaak his thanks, to ona Divina. 
 For all tha favors now possessad, 
 In which tha sira is richly biassed. 
 
 Old age may grasp a crotchet whim 
 When nature's lamp begins to dim ; 
 But blest is he that is resigned 
 When that frail light haa so declined. 
 This world of cares, ao strangely mixed, 
 By some are dove-Uiled in the next. 
 And like old garments, sorely worn, 
 Give way to others in their turn,— 
 Not so of him, who did preside, 
 His family is his earthly pride. 
 And proud waa he to see his child 
 In raptures thro' the hours beguiled ; 
 While patch and piece, oft seen before. 
 Were handed down and twice made o'er. 
 Its twin-Iike mate, with ample fringe, 
 LVi^, J coming happy change. 
 While blooming cousins peer'd and praised 
 I he maple leaves so finely raised. 
 
 The shady emblem there set forth, 
 
 The naked grandeur of its worth 
 
 Recalling up some happy scene. 
 
 On sloping bank or sweet ravine 
 
 Where summer suns scarce flicker thro* 
 
 The gorgeous foliage, damp with dew ; 
 
 While female fancies thus took wing 
 
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 From wlBttr harth to iWMttit tpring. 
 Bach bMrdtd youth would wtll uphold 
 Tht f Im by comic stories told, 
 
 c V'^**'"F "P* •* *'"»•• '*«>"W th«y 
 SpMk of thtir ruot crops, cori« and hay, 
 And shstp and cattla, t»rtadth and yi«ld 
 Of soma rtgtnarattd flald. 
 
 Tha nif ht, thus spent, till morning hour 
 Wsis mark d on yondar vallay towtr ; 
 And loud aach p«al was achoad from 
 Tha mountain top to balfray doma; 
 Old chanticlcar craw santry go 
 Whila in tha aast tha silvary rray 
 Had usharad in another day ; 
 And joke and sonsr of (ormw night 
 Gave way to thoughts of homeward flight. 
 Like famed athletes swift in the r .ce ; 
 Each one in order sought their place, 
 From fond adieus they're scarcely freed. 
 When Rory strikes out for the lead. 
 In lively haste they're onward borne 
 And reach their home in safe return. 
 
 Such is the life Canadians lead 
 In winter, when from labor freed. 
 The old and young will have their ride 
 With social friends there side by side. 
 It is the scource which seems to cheer 
 Our nature thro' the winter drear— 
 Altho' at zero or below, 
 Each one enjoys the lovely snow. 
 
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 THE SOLITUDE OP A CANADIAN PORIST 
 
 Who ••« hav« Mught tht dark rttrtat 
 
 Of fofMU wild may thui raptat 
 ow Naturt'a danst and towarin* wood 
 
 ..nprasaad him with ita soiituda • 
 »■ lurffinr wund with Umpe.t high, 
 
 Ita allanca and ita mufflad aigh, 
 
 Ura bara to man, aa with a Icnifa ; 
 
 TJ« huah of daath. and atorma of lifa, 
 
 Tha tomba racaaa and banquat hali 
 
 la hara portrayad by pl.ma and pall ; 
 
 Tha monarch of a thouaand yaari 
 
 Liaa proatrata whara hia kin appa.ra. 
 
 Tha hoary aira, whoaa faabia hold 
 
 On Mothar Earth, doaa thia unfold 
 That infancy, atout youth and ara 
 
 18 inter wovan on tha paga 
 
 That haralda forth aach variad acana 
 
 ♦^ laaflaf s ♦runk and avergraan, 
 Vv nara tander shoota of recent birth. 
 Thick mantling deck tha parent earth ; 
 There tmy buda and floreta form. 
 Are aheltered from the pit'leas atorm. 
 Where day is aomber tho' the aun 
 Had reached hia higheat noon-tide run. 
 
 What aolemn awe lurka in the soul 
 Aa evening ahadea enshroud the whole. 
 The thickening gloom, like endless night. 
 Creeps slowly o'er the waning slifht • 
 Environed thus as if by death, 
 
 ?*.r*f.'i^^''"«^ »t»nds with hated breai 
 As if life's tide would interfere. 
 And grate upon the human ear 
 Perchance the ring of wolfish howl, 
 Ur loud boo-hoo of lonely owl 
 
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 Re-echoed from some distant dell 
 Breaks reverie's enchanting spell. 
 And life returning seeks to gain 
 The mastery o'er feartul strain, 
 Whilst all within— life's monitor, 
 That watchful friend— fills every pore. 
 And prompts the man tho' thickets mar 
 The guiding of yon polar star, 
 Where Master Architect divine 
 On hand wrote the unerring line, 
 A burning light, to man a friend ; 
 Both true, .«nd trusty to the end. 
 
 ATTACHED TO THE ST. ANDREW'S CHARIT- 
 ABLE REPORT. 
 
 The mother's eye portrays their scanty fare, 
 As lisping youths call forth her anxious care. 
 Her helpmate too, with hapless heavy heart, 
 In secret mourns the parents' helpless part, ' 
 His stalwart frame, the prop of by gone years. 
 Now shorn of strength, in humble garb appears, 
 And prays, whereas his former self has fled. 
 That we this day may give his offspring bread. 
 The scene seems bad, a weary woeful tale 
 That pleads with man to soothe the sickening wail 
 Tha echoes down upon the stream of time, 
 That roughly runs with man, in every clime. 
 Yet we do seek to grant the stern appeal, 
 When heart melts heart thus for another's weal ; 
 While we as one, the herdsmen of thy choice 
 With brimful hands, oft make the poor rejoice; 
 While they, poor souls, in secret humbly crave 
 A blessing for the hands which freely gave. 
 
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 THE OLD CHURCH. 
 
 Thou sacred shrine, home of my father's ur. 
 Whose silent dust, tho' distantf yet inspires ' 
 Their offspnng here to sing in solemn strain, 
 What homage prompt, in a low toned refrain. 
 Thy Gallic walls, reared on the grassy field 
 Where rural swain in virtuous afcents yTeld 
 Their morning song in one harmonious chord, 
 
 InLVT '*"'^' •^•*^°^^ S^^**-*'^" Lord ' 
 
 In iu/tal*-'"^' T^ T*"'"'^ P«'"* *»»« scene. 
 In just attire, where I have often been 
 
 A prattling child upon a father's knee 
 And lisping learned, to sing in heavenly key. 
 There I have heard, for man's eternal weal,^ 
 The mellow sound, and silvery tone appeal 
 The warning notes that ushered in the throne 
 M°rT'i*;^^ praise, in sweet and sacred song 
 Meth,nks I hear the hoary haired divine. ^* 
 
 With reverence deep, trace out some well known line 
 As the sure way, the safe unerring guide. ' 
 
 That man might reach, and in high heaven reside 
 
 2^' ?nfu 'r" ^'^f- !>«- de«P the words took hofd 
 Of sinful men. within the humble fold. 
 
 Each owned the bliss, the truthful precepts taueht 
 And works for good within the heaVt were wroSht 
 No Idle dreams of woridly heritage «"-0"ght. 
 
 Estranged the flock from the endearing page. 
 But peace supreme, with holy vows withinf 
 Most justly reigned o'er dark alluring sin. 
 The service o'er, there you might see return 
 
 Where kindred dust, perhaps his youthful love. 
 That slumbering sleeps beneath the shady grove 
 Where rustling leaves, like angels on the w^ng 
 T ,.ir mournful dirge in sfghin| accents s'^ 
 
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There I have sat, beneath the sheltering tree. 
 And heard the wail of nature's melody, 
 
 W^* Jr r/"** °°**"' '»>*» P'«y«d about the tomb. 
 
 Where lightsome youth, sedate and sober age, 
 
 With one desire, would solemnly engage. 
 
 In earnest thought, and thus reviewing well 
 
 1 he sacred theme, on which divines would dwell 
 
 How truly grand, the edifying view 
 
 Of family groups, as they the pledge renew; 
 
 That Jacob's trust would be their only God. 
 
 And heaven at last their sure and safe abode. 
 
 A people thus imbued with great design, 
 
 w/JL rl* T '"'*l'/ ^* ^""^^^ ''"* treedom's shrine. 
 With liberty emblazoned on the scroll. 
 
 Where justice reigns within the human soul. 
 
 Tho years have fled, and time has brought its care. 
 
 Vet the old scene. I fondly cherish here. 
 
 10 It I turn, tho' far beyond the sea. 
 
 It ever will in dear remembrance be. 
 
 BRYANT S JUNE. 
 
 He gazed upon the glorious sky 
 And mountains with their lovely green 
 
 Then asked that his frail dust should be ' 
 Enshrined in nature's flowery scene. 
 
 He had his wish ; yea, flowery June— 
 
 I ^'^.'^o' ^'abling brooks on mountain crests- 
 
 m stifled accents say, too soon 
 He found wherein he loved to rest. 
 
 The sexton's hand, inured to toil, 
 Has cast the rich green turf aside ; 
 
 The fainting flowers mixed with the soil 
 Denote where Bryant's bones abide. 
 

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 No icy tempest from the north 
 Scoffs at his June's soft breezy swell. 
 
 But thick young herbs and flowers spring forth 
 To decorate the poet's cell. 
 
 He loved the wide-spread arching sky— 
 Its golden clouds, with sun between ; 
 
 He asked that he in June should die 
 When all beneath his feet was green. 
 
 Twas then the poet's lofty soul 
 Enraptured drank of nature's tide ; 
 
 The housewife bee and oriole 
 
 Seemed fit companions by his side. 
 
 He loved to hear, as oft he heard. 
 
 Love's tale thro' the long summer hours ; 
 And watch the sportive humming-bird 
 
 With butterfly upon the flowers. 
 "« 'o^ed the mirthful throng at noon, 
 
 Who of their labors made so light ; 
 The maidens' song, beneath the moon, 
 
 Filled up his bosom with delight. 
 
 He asked that when eve's mellow hue 
 
 With lighting rays its lustre lent. 
 That loving ones might kindly strew 
 
 Peace garlands round his mounment. 
 He knew that when his race was run, 
 
 And vision's fire in death grew dim* 
 The season's show and summer's sun 
 
 Would have no beauty then for him. 
 
 And yet he wished, when friendship bright 
 
 Shed tears on shrub and flower and bloom, 
 ihat soothing airs and song and light 
 
 Would give them welcome round his tomb. 
 And bear to softened hearts the tale— 
 
 The solemn truth of what has been— 
 That he who sang so sweet will fail 
 
 For aye to greet June's flowery scene. 
 
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 THE DYING YEAR. 1887. 
 
 The rosy tints of nature's fled, 
 
 The dying year is nearly dead ; 
 
 The shrouded scenes of mother earth 
 
 Mar not the music and the mirth 
 
 That ushers in the infant year, 
 
 To witness weal, perhaps a tear 
 
 That sorrow sends to ease the heart, 
 
 Where prrinding grief drives home the dart. 
 
 Which makes the dreary soul to dread 
 
 The future fare to which it's wed ; 
 
 The hoary year at noon of night 
 
 Here greets the new born babe at sight, 
 
 While yonder heav'ns with silvery sheen. 
 
 Rejoicmg, views the parting scene, 
 
 As merry rings the cheerfu. chime 
 
 That marks another niche of time. 
 
 Ah, yes, the aged year has gone ; 
 
 The youthful heir hies here alone, 
 
 And who is he that truly can 
 
 Foretell its future stores for man ? 
 
 The lessons of the year that's past 
 
 Guide not the man of doubtful cast ; 
 
 The downward streams that swiftly ran 
 
 Again will bear the various man. 
 
 And wrongs that rudely pressed us here 
 
 Will in some other form appear. 
 
 Yet where is he that would in haste 
 
 Renounce the pleasure of the past— 
 
 The cheerful chat and words of wit, 
 
 Home joys without a counterfeit, 
 
 The friendship of a trusted friend 
 
 That tongue or time could never bend, 
 
 The silent pleasure when we would 
 
 In secret plan another's good, 
 
 With head and heart in high career 
 
 Abreast of duty through the year. 
 
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 A BEAUTIFUL PRESENT. 
 
 Our old friend Major Glasgrow has, with his custom- 
 ai7 good taste, made a beautiful present to St. John's 
 
 ^vI'^'m/.?''^*' V^? ^••°"- 't consists of a pSem 
 which will be especially interesting to Masons, h hw 
 been handsomely engrossed by Mr. Bruce, the talented 
 penman, and will be on exhibition this evening in Mars- 
 den s window, on James street. The following is a copy : 
 
 Three worthy youths of Hiram's fold 
 Engaged in sacred work of old ; 
 
 Their triple points at once proclaim. 
 
 The secret way by which they came. 
 
 Their Royal robes— the rainbow's hue- 
 Less brilliant greets the workman's view • 
 
 Their canopy, the dark blue sky * 
 
 Beneath the Great All-searching eye. 
 
 Their banners spread on either side. 
 
 Bespeak o'er whom the three preside ; 
 
 Those emblems here, we 're truly told, 
 
 Still represent our sires of old — 
 
 An honored host, yea, men of worth— 
 
 The salt and seas 'ning of the earth ; 
 
 Behold their works in every place, 
 
 The offshoot of a Royal race ; 
 
 All duly clothed and well prepared, 
 
 With signets that the wise have shared. 
 
 Within, without, companions say — 
 
 " So mote it be," we ever pray ; 
 
 As clear evangelistic light 
 
 Illuminates St. John's to-night. 
 
 So that we may, as we sojourn, 
 
 Behold the lesser lights that burn. 
 
 Surrounded by a worthy band. 
 
 All artizans of triple stand ; 
 
 Upright and true, of humble mien, 
 
 Yet lowly bending o'er the scene — 
 
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 Enwrapt and lilent every one 
 O'er mysteries now being done. 
 Away, away, down far away 
 Where darkness holds his sable sway 
 New beauties spring upon the whole 
 In ancient language of the scroll. 
 Till farther on the burnished sheet. 
 In dazzling grandeur makes complete, 
 The hieroglyphics every one, 
 Clear as the summer's morning sun, 
 But dark and dim to all who fail 
 In knowing well to lift the veil ; 
 The serpent's form would then disclose 
 The coward s hand that turould impose. 
 The parent earth athirst below 
 Would miss the rainfall's overflow. 
 Their holiness to thr Supreme 
 At best would be an idle dream. 
 And whilst I mark well, that I am 
 The pure, the true, and honored gem. 
 On J.— B's.— disk I'll see the word 
 In fragments like a broken sword, 
 Tho' it to some would strange appear 
 Each part can pierce a brother's ear. 
 The music of that welcome sound 
 Is never with the stranger found, 
 It's harmony will ill accord 
 With pitch of the usurper's word. 
 The fleecy fold, the lesser three. 
 Will say, amen, so let it be. 
 And deem it not to be amiss, 
 At last to take a parting kiss. 
 For proud is old St. John's to-night 
 That we have seen the ancient light. 
 
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 TO W. MURRAY ON RECEIVING HIS LETTER 
 
 IN VERSE. 
 
 To Murray's heart, where friendship flows. 
 
 Wi' pride I'll own I'm debtor, 
 But whether paid in verse or prose, 
 
 It makes but little matter. 
 
 That jinglin' bodie wi' the mail, 
 Braught hame ye're Heeland metal. 
 
 That gaurs me buckle to the Gael 
 Wi' tartan kilt and whittle. 
 
 A country's fame may serve the man, 
 
 Wha honest laurels carry, 
 Yet Scotia's faith is in her clan 
 
 That bears the name o' Murray. 
 
 While spavied pens are seen tr wed 
 
 Grim Envy's auldest brither ; 
 For you an' me we'll onwards tread. 
 
 An* sing an* rhyme thegither. 
 
 There's pleasure in the gilded ha', 
 
 If gear will only bring it ; 
 But gie me bliss, that's first o' a', 
 
 To mak' a sang an' sing it. 
 
 I envy not the noble lord 
 
 Wha worships self, the creature ; 
 But merit strikes a higher chord 
 
 In honest human nature. 
 
 He's king o' men for pith and micht, 
 
 (Tho' humble be his station), 
 Wha gies a brither some insicht 
 
 O' nature's obligation. 
 
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 Thcrfl'fl thrawsomt queitioni, dour an' crank, 
 
 To logic's pow, aye kittia ; 
 But him, my heart will ever thank, 
 
 That makei eic queries little. 
 
 Yon lazy loon, that's unco sweer 
 
 His budget for to Ckiry ; 
 For a' the guid he's doin' here, 
 
 Micht just slip oure the ferry. 
 
 But Willie, cock ye'er crest, my man ; 
 
 There's pleasure for the poet. 
 Whan wit an' worth fills up the plan. 
 
 If true we'll up and do it. 
 
 We'll spend an hour in mountain shaw, 
 
 Anither wi' her cairns. 
 Great nature's lesson there to draw, 
 
 An' sing it to the bairns. 
 
 On Scotia's hills or English fen, 
 
 Wha e'er they be that read it, 
 Wi' cannie care we'se guide the pen 
 
 That will bring nae discredit. 
 
 Whaure conscience, principle divine, 
 
 The inner man is servin*, 
 To him set doon anither line 
 
 For he is weel deservin*. 
 
 An' shuld ye're muse get on the wing, 
 
 An' light amang the heather, 
 Sweet be the song ye seek to sing 
 
 In honor o' ye're mither. 
 
 The Queen's man wi' his leather pack 
 
 Is comin' doon th' gravel — 
 For want o' time here ends my crack, 
 
 For he's ga'en by the gavel. 
 
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 THE SE ^SITIVE PLANT. 
 
 Ah ! how pliant and true to the powers that control 
 
 Ev'ry chord in thy delicate frame, 
 From the surface itself to the depths of the soul 
 
 Ev'ry nerve feels the sensitive flame. 
 
 Like a flower in full bloom, that the spring hath evealed. 
 
 To dismantle the gloom of the past ; 
 All thy nature enthroned like the blossom will yield 
 
 At the touch of the icy cold blast 
 
 Like the fire's latent heat in the still midnight watch, 
 When the student soars high in his flight. 
 
 Tho' neglected and dim let the hand only touch 
 And the dead springs to life and to light. 
 
 Should the breathings of love pour itself in thine ear, 
 
 And the loved one prove trusty and true. 
 Then thy heart will yield up all its treasures as clear 
 
 As the crystalled gem drops in the dew. 
 
 But if guile's evil tongue should dissemble its art, 
 
 And a promise be broken in twain, 
 Then the venom will seem manifold in the heart 
 
 Of a creature so subject to pain. 
 
 Like the weeping of clouds in the calmness of night. 
 
 Deepest grief, with the stillness of death, 
 Would submerge ev'ry part, while the stream in its flight 
 
 Would cut deep in the channels beneath. 
 
 For thy nature seems cast from an ore so refined 
 
 That it 's mar'd by the smallest alloy. 
 Whilst a word or a look, tho' no hurt is designed, 
 
 Often robs thy fond heart of its joy. 
 
 It's too tender by far for this journey thro' life. 
 
 Where vile self rules the flow of the tide, 
 Where the blossoms of love are o'ershadowed by strife, 
 
 And bold vice jostles virtue aside. 
 
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 Should «n angtl of p«ac« ever lag on the wing 
 To compare peaceful notes at thy lide, 
 
 Then thy nature within like a eeraph would sing 
 The iweet long thou hadet cherished with pride. 
 
 But if envy should darken your sun's moral sweep, 
 As the mist dims the beacon on shore, 
 
 Then your sensitive mind in its fulness would weep 
 With each throb of your innermost core. 
 
 Yea, the follies of fame will lay hold of thy will 
 Tho* sage reason may seek to preside, 
 
 And the current that 's seen in mankind as a rill. 
 In thy bosom will flow like a tide. 
 
 For the pleasures and pains that the masses do feel, 
 Are as points of some far* distant pole, 
 
 Whilst the magnet in play, with its woe or its weal, 
 Holds thy heart and its ties in control. 
 
 LINES 
 
 On the back of a card sent to Major James Walker, 
 President of St. Andrew's society, Calgary. He in, 
 and from his heart, took much pleasure in calling me 
 father. 
 
 My muckle, sonsie, well faur'd bairn, 
 That wons aside the rugged cairn ; 
 I'm pleased to ken that ilka chiel 
 For Scotland's sake, has dune sae weel. 
 Nae mair will auld St. Andra greet 
 Syne ye sit on the saintly seat. 
 May blessin's fa' on yours an' you, 
 Wi' haggis, cakes, an' heather dew, 
 An' ilka guid thing, an' to spare. 
 This is the everlastin* pra;*'r, 
 O' ane that friendship styles as Faither^ 
 For weel I ken ye hae nae ither. 
 
 "2r; I" 
 
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 LINES WRITTEN ON THE DEATH OF A SISTER. 
 
 She has l«ft us lamsnting alone, 
 
 Our sister, the fond-hearted mother ; 
 She has fled like a spirit, and gone 
 
 Without the last rites from a brother. 
 Like the tints of a May's setting sun. 
 
 Receding, in regions so starry, 
 She has finished her race, it is done. 
 
 She has gone, and no longer would tarry. 
 
 Like the summer's soft dew to the rose. 
 
 Her smile, ever sweet and regaling ; 
 But alas, she has sought that repose, 
 
 And left us all weeping and wailing. 
 Ah ! why should we thus weep at Che call ? 
 
 I know I shall soon follow after. 
 For to seek quiet rest in that Hall 
 
 Where friends in their kindness has left hr r. 
 
 There is something mysterious in death ; 
 
 It snaps that which binds us together ; 
 And our life here at best is fk. breath. 
 
 Which in time, goes back to the giver ; 
 When the fond ties of kindred are gone, 
 
 Then Nature claims privilege to sorrow ; 
 But no mortal here sorrows alone, 
 
 As thousands shall die ere to-morrow. 
 
 Fairest Nature is doomed to decay ; 
 
 Mankind, with the rose and the lily. 
 Ev'ry mortal hath tribute to pay. 
 
 Ere pride is laid low in ihe valley. 
 Then adieu, dearest sister, adieu, 
 
 While time's like a balm to my sorrow, 
 Ma>' my thoughts, on the past, and of you, 
 
 Prepare me for what's called to-morrow. 
 
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 VERB MITHBR'S TAEN AWA*. 
 
 Comt, cuddl* doon, ma wintomc baini» 
 
 Th«r«'i QAthiny noo, ava, 
 To ch—r th« htart within uk baith,— 
 
 Yf 'rt mithtr'i ta'tn awa'. 
 An unco change ia thii, laasit, 
 
 Na waur culd on ui fa', 
 A wtt bit bairn, htrt it't alant, 
 
 Itf mithtr ta'tn awa'. 
 
 whisht yt, noo, an' fa' aaletp, 
 Until th« mornin' daw', 
 
 1 canna thole to hear ye greet 
 Syne mammic gaed awa*. 
 
 II Ic waesome lab wins to ma heart 
 
 An' gie's it sich a thraw, 
 That life itiel seeme but a blight 
 
 Syne the wat ta'en awa'. 
 
 The spring o' life hat lost itt tmilt 
 
 Aneath the wintry fa'. 
 The awfu' blast sweeps ilka chord, 
 
 Whan mammie is awa'. 
 Wha noo will shield ye frae its scaith 
 
 An' daur • .torm to blaw ? 
 Nane, nane cu.d hap ye up like her 
 
 That's deid and passed awa'. 
 
 Her watchfu' e'e, and tentie hand 
 
 Fulfillin' nature's law, 
 Gae twofold pruif o' love for thee. 
 
 In her that's ta'en awa'. 
 Her soul seemed centered a' in thee, 
 
 Hoo fondly wad she draw 
 An* press ye to her milk-white breast 
 
 Ere she was ta'en awa.' 
 
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 But WMi mt iMt, whaur is ihc nvH) i 
 
 Th« yird ancath ih« tnaw 
 Contains thy sainttd mithar's form. 
 
 For shs is a'an awa. 
 A wtaria warl' is this to mt, 
 
 It may b« to us a', 
 But watsoms far to an* sa« young, 
 
 Whasa mithtr's ta'tn awa.' 
 
 VtVt drsspit t'en. o* bonnia blut , 
 
 O, that thay ever saw 
 Tht ana that braucht them to tha licht, 
 
 An' then to |{:ang awa.' 
 But I maur no complain o' ana 
 
 Wha has the power to ca', 
 But pray ye lang may weir the loolcs 
 
 O' her that's ta'en awa'. 
 
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 TO A HUMMING BIRD. 
 
 Haric t harlc I the warbling angels sing 
 To ease away the fleeting hours, 
 
 The humming bird is on the wing, 
 To sip the nectar from the flowers. 
 
 She chants aloud, in sweetest strain. 
 The roundalay, some poet wove. 
 
 And bless'd is he, the happy swain, 
 Who holds the temple of her love. 
 
 Her's is the balm that soothes the heart 
 At evening tide and early morn, 
 
 Long may she live to ply the art 
 That Nature gave when she r/as bcrn. 
 
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JEHOVAH'S POWER. 
 
 O Thou great King. Jehovah, Sovereign Lord. 
 We own the power of Thy creative word. 
 Thy council will'd. the mandate was obej^ed. 
 And Heaven and Earth in beauty stood arrayed 
 The great I Am sat on the Heavenly throne ^ 
 To judge the work that came from Thee alone. 
 Shekinah smiled and saw the work was good 
 And drew a Ime between the land and flood : 
 Seas roll d apace, the earth revolving too. 
 With all the orbs, in the ethereal blue 
 And boundless space, the gorgeous vault above. 
 Where the first cause now govern., all with love 
 Long ere ought else beheld the Heavenly scheme. 
 So truly wrought by hands alone supreme, ' 
 
 Thou deeply laid foundations of the whole 
 And will d that man should have a living soul. 
 A precious part, a subtle thinking mindf 
 And crowning gift by majesty designed, 
 ?«*! x?'^' field of beauty should proclaim 
 To man Thy power in nature's great domain. 
 
 ?J*L°" supreme, most good and righteous Chief. 
 Thy handy works make surer our belief 
 That Thou art God ; for only God alone 
 Could so construct an image like thine own. 
 
 wi'-¥u"^°''" '" *^°" mysterious lines 
 Which baffles man in probing Thy designs. 
 We see effects, although unseen the cause, 
 Which stamps the whole of Thy magnetic laws ; 
 
 W?V^n TJ "°/* ^'*^ *^*' •"'^•'•ent force 
 Which fills the whole of God's own universe : 
 We scan the past, but stretch our eyes in vain 
 
 pJLfn^n ^°'?' '^''" "^^^^ commenced to reign; 
 
 Eternity has wisely sealed the scroll 
 
 That does contain the distance from the goal 
 
 ffl»''"flr 
 
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 How vain is man, how futile is the thought 
 
 That we should see the whole that God has wrouirhf 
 
 We see * part, sufficient for our good. '^'°"^'»*» 
 
 Could fiill' *" •".*^' a "«^'^y understood. 
 Could finite minds the great infinite trace. 
 And see each part in its alloted space 
 In constant flight, yet true from pole to pole 
 To the command of a united whole : 
 There we would see that no imperfect part 
 
 ?Lh ^^1"* ^'^^ disgraced the Master's art.- 
 
 Good work and true as each and all we find 
 
 To harmonize as He at first designed : 
 
 No oPtching there, nor waste of substance here. 
 
 Perfection rules and reigns in every sphere. 
 
 Materials die it aged or unsound, 
 
 New growth ascends with other beauties crowned • 
 
 They also live obedient to the call "°wnea » 
 
 Of nature's God that first created all. 
 
 Time wends its way, a great imperial host 
 
 That passes on without a moment lost ; 
 
 No interval clogs up the mighty wheels 
 
 That move us on against our vain appeals. 
 
 A^h' ?. ""^^ r" '" °°* perpetual round, 
 And still no change is in Jehovah found ; 
 ' He ever was and ever is the same 
 All powerfnl God in action as in name. 
 The universe He holds within His hand, 
 And nature smiles or frowns at His command ; 
 tLTu.^ .the storm to sway the sturdy oak. 
 The lightning's flash to rend it at a stroke ; 
 Its graceful boughs are scattered far and wide. 
 And swift decay sets in on ev'ry side ; 
 His tempests do stir up the mighty deep 
 To surge and foam with each increasing sweep 
 Of nature's force that darts along the tide. 
 And flings the spray high on the mountain side. 
 
 Th5!.'"?K'-u '""f'" ^°^ P^""S:e along with speed. 
 The stout built craft now quivers like a reed 
 
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Seas mounuin, hiSh f™l"V°'''"''8 »">« 
 Hug. column, r.t*w^i?'SvM"h.Tf"°T ""'='"""«'• 
 
 Of the orr-orV^ ' °'l*°*«"t to command 
 S;. fSIX^"^'.' :^°J°l^' 'h.m in Hi, hand. 
 Have sLua'a "^ ""''■ '"""■'tuou, sea, 
 nave sett ed down to ca m and iwaceful «.- 
 
 nf . u 7™P* upon the wearied form 
 
 WBljipj-X^^^^^^^ «... 
 
 Wh« fs'tha*,? '" »«"<»" -ell d„*Sn.'d. 
 Whfch h^hU^'r','""' «^"" solicitude- 
 winch hath the whole of nature ,o imbued ? 
 
^reiar Deyond the reach of human kmn 
 
 New life appear upon ti/f' V'^' ^°'»*'°- 
 Of hill and dafe aXhelterld'^H^ '""'• 
 God's secret power is wiftlH f **P/«^'"«J 
 And Nature smiles J r^ ° *'' '*>* P'ain. 
 The various hue, «fK '"'""'P'"'* ^*'n- 
 
 They're now unmhAH ♦u / required, 
 
 Which n«»k- ? ' * unison mdeed 
 Which nothing short of Deity decreed 
 
 He .ill, .hf t'Zt^lftSLfr '■""«"• 
 
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 The ready eye takes in the lovely scene 
 Of forest wide, of meadows smiling green. 
 Here ample fields, with young and tender beard 
 Shew vanous plants the husbLdman ha. reared 
 The gorgeous scene of Nature, blooming there 
 Impl.es that God created all with care.^ ' 
 
 No tempest now springs from the surly north 
 To blast the bud that Nature has brought forth 
 And yet we feel the cool refreshing brefze 
 Which sweeps away what generates disease. 
 
 A In Jr ^*^M ^r ''""•^^ •" *»»« »"btle gas. 
 Allowmg all the sweeter parts to pass 
 
 The stagnant brook, by some obstruction pent 
 
 Wirh »ru1%^'»f?'>P"*''"' of restrain?. ^ ' 
 
 Tntj-^'u'S^^' '.*' ^^P^"*- no'^ ascends, 
 To be distilled as the I Am intends ; 
 
 And then again, redistribution „ wells 
 
 The tiny plant with still more tiny cells. 
 
 Each one a point, too little to appear. 
 
 Minute are they, and silent to the ear; 
 
 No clashing there of systems to explode; 
 
 Peace reigns within the workshop of a God. 
 
 WhnT^r «^*^' • ''^"Pendous as it is. 
 
 Hl^^r*' t "'* P"^**"^ Omnipotence is His. 
 
 He makes the waste to blossom as the rose. 
 
 No threat'ning hand can ever interpose, 
 
 No fire of youth, or manhood's subtle skill. 
 Can subjugate the great Jehovah's will. 
 Man s fancy fails God's order to reverse, 
 He rules at will the mighty universe; 
 The humble poor the potentate and prince. 
 Alike depend on his beneficence. 
 His banquets fills immensity of space, 
 His guests include the millions of our race. 
 The generous host has ample for the whole, 
 His stores reach from the tropics to the pole ; 
 Course after course is entered at the feast, 
 All to regale man's most fastidious taste. 
 
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 A^d^fh."^*' ^'f^' ^°' °"« *^«^«ct the eye 
 O'er whri^T^?"' '^^ wonderful supp y ' 
 T^Jf^^ ^^^^^ of promise i. unfurled 
 Ith^^ii ^"■'** .'^' storehouse of ?he woHd 
 Behold the sun. increasing hour by houT 
 
 WK*l^'"'?' rays of his imperial power 
 
 TK. I, "form, m each and ev'ry plane 
 
 The human heart will lift itself above 
 
 A^ri^T.**'*"'?*^' ""to a God of love- 
 Wfth ffn ■'°^ '''" «" t*'* '''*"k recesi ' 
 ^o? alfZ'^elurtZ^' '*"*'^'* thankfulness. 
 
 Now ha5?rc:i^^ ;'e!io':";rlif ^- 
 
 The husbandman, engaged wiU^ma„y?ares 
 
 Wi?rr«'h"T.,^'' ^'^^^"t ^O'-k prepares ' 
 FVon^ f K^" *'''"'. *"'' «"ks not to recoil 
 From labour, which rewards him for Ws toil 
 The ample crop, perhaps an average yield ' 
 Cheers up the heart, upon the golden S 
 
 Those treasures which in season doth renair 
 To quench the thirst of Naturrev'rywhe^e ' 
 
 Whfchfe ,/tn '"' .""1?"^'^ - th« -^nd 
 By God til T !*!u" ^^''^ * ^^•••^ ''"'•ffned 
 
 Which doth restore to Nature's faded hue" 
 
 *ne work is o er, the grain s garnered in 
 With autumn yet unwilling to begin ' 
 
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 T, '^»<*"*' change that creeps o'er Natur.'- r.^. 
 
 From ev ry hue the morning .un rewivee 
 
 Which one by one. drops to the parent bed 
 And makes secure the roots by which thev fed 
 
 ^ose^ttr. ?/« •'*^***' *^°^ "'""y «•''»•" in 
 Th!f vl* °'""' y'* ""^P'* ^or *»»« wants 
 
 I G«d on •■• "'•''•f ' •»*» *''^»^"t h"ven grants 
 A God of love, replete with fond desires. 
 
 Tal^IlA^JV' '**»* '***"^« no^ requires 
 To shield the frame ; the soft and sleeky form 
 
 7nfinit?God *"? '" ""•' ^^°" ^»»« »torm 
 Infinite God, what powers do they command 
 
 Which can foretell that winter is it h^nd ? 
 
 In.!.„ I^"*^^**'^"./°""«' *i^*t n«v«'' toiled before 
 Instinctive swells the rich autumnal store ' 
 
 Till It assumes a bulk proportionate 
 To the demands a future must create. 
 
 Thit'Z^'^T S"' '" "^'^^y ^«" designed 
 That they shou d not a season be consigned 
 To famish while the winter howling ke« 
 
 ?Wsh*ir.l^V'"''/"*^ '"^''•^ *^« f^itfu' scene. 
 Thy finished skill was found commensurate 
 
 Yes, time itself, is powerless to invade. 
 
 For wants now felt were with provision made. 
 
 2d t!!^!T^'V ^^""-^'^ ''^'^ '^ Thine, 
 And like Thyself, perfect in every line. 
 
 No foul effects of inconsistency 
 
 Were ever traced and found to dwell in Thee. 
 
 Tho winter's chill and penetrating breath 
 
 Yet Thn,^' 'f ?' ^"I""' ^^^ ^°'**' »PPa'-«nt death, 
 Yet Thou art found possessor of the key 
 
 Which in due time sets all their actions free. 
 
 '^•^':yi$'fr' 
 
Oft fr. Jkr ^"":"' ^'^n heaven-erected face 
 
 For God i. ..Llnd "u4[;r,Y„'^r "" ''"™' 
 Of God. .H. K?„; .Kt'lf -I^, ,„, 
 
 THE PAINTED PICTURE. 
 
 ?ir" ^•°**"!i''' ^*«' enamelled. 
 Prison painted to deceive ; ' 
 
 E?e the K? ''"^'u' ^^"^^ '"^y tarnish 
 lire the bloom has fully blown. 
 
 God's own law of compensation 
 (Thus created love to win) 
 Gives a beauty to some features, 
 Others have it all within. 
 
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 Love may priw th« painted picture 
 That allure, the youthful eye. 
 
 t-*»ting tintf of deeper dye. 
 
 J^°"'*» y?" •••>« • Wend as helpmate • 
 
 For dark shadows surely brighten 
 Nature's jewels so refined. 
 
 Would you view the diamond's lustre. 
 jLjt no veiling intervene ; 
 Then the gem in native grandeur 
 In Its loveliness Is seen. 
 
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 TO THE MEMORY OF BROTHER J. M. MEAKINS 
 "o',S^' '*"."'!''«'• •»•• sained the further side 
 
 He loved those walls, well fitted by desiw 
 
 Hi, tuTn is*oW h"^" ^•" worthyif the name, 
 nis turn is o er, how soon it will be thine— 
 
 The present 's all that we can ever clai^ 
 
 ° Th« Mv.*." •''•Pf • ^"* "°' ^^^'* he traced 
 HiT^L^^ '^^ '^°'*'' "P°° his friendly hand? 
 His chains are rent, his fancied guilt erased 
 While we exclaim, a brother t?uly grand 
 
 ^m. ^«h" ^' ^'''^ *'•'" '» ^'^ «'"t home ; 
 
 His salt was sweet, and savored for the fiast 
 His vacant chair, he changed it for the tomb 
 
 The gavel 's called our Knight KadosMo ;est. 
 Vea, let him sleep, he labored much to rest 
 
 Hi^wTrk'r'" *°° '^ *"'^y ''o-'" fr^n? ' 
 HU M ?*"?'"'' f" '"hiem of the past, 
 His Mystic Lore foretold his happy ,nd 
 
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 FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM. 
 
 'n«pir. the mu.e, thou God of .o„» , . 
 
 •pirt, "°° o» •<>"»» let nature't God in- 
 
 T.\V5;/v iT--^nr/ - »<. .™. ,«., «„ , 
 
 worth, *•■"»«. it« glories and its 
 
 ;;5:i;^^'"-----Uve .ho tread. thep.re„t 
 
 But deXh^Tt'lSitToU'^^^^^^^^ to proclaim, 
 
 That .acred .hrine that prompt.'theln!'!'' *?? °" 'o fame- 
 V J.°r«- '^ '°"' "^'^^ harmony and 
 
 No higrher temple e'er wa. fr««.^ u 
 
 It.pne.thood, born of t^SJh a„d r' k'"*^**" '^'^ <>°« above. 
 de.iy„ed. *'"'*^ ""^^ "fi^ht. and by high heaven 
 
 ^''^:^J:' --Pee-ton,ued hu„a. ,,.. ,,,„^. ,^ 
 
 «^^i^S:--ijjJ^t«. taster 
 
 -,. theme. '° '*"« ^'"d and sing a noble^ 
 
 Wm.k""' . "'""'"""P«»'''>"kesi, brighter 
 
 deed." *'" "y- 'God bless him for the 
 
 Bur jh-U';— x^jiVvrL^rr-'r'^''*-. 
 
 might ; *^ to soar above tryannic 
 
 V.a^where.heG.„,.„,„„,,,.^^_^ 
 
 O^*""! Who adds a jewelled crown 
 
 Of 
 
 dignify 
 
 our rnco. 
 
.ound, '"• " "■"• "» ■"" "•• k.y.ao..'. ,hrilli„, 
 th.nM, "* •"" «•"•• <•>• burdtn of my 
 
 dr.ii„'r """• '" *"•"' •""■■ *• p'.y.i.i»r of . 
 
 Th. oft told f^i of .atij ril^ '" "■•' •«""'«' 'Prin/ 
 
 ">• Hoom of Mrfdon,"dfJkM.Tl .■""?*'>'"•"'' •"• 
 hum.n light, "" "md p.l|, thrown oV the 
 
 W... jjO,. do,...rodd.n „.io„. .hun (U. ,i„.) ,h. p„„.. 
 
 i^Jrrsr/i::"^2;.r.'x-;:':.rh"-T -'"••• 
 
 tide. "' ■'^••P* '*»<>•• gJ«nt« with th« 
 
 Then keen Oppre„ion"« !«!« fc i *'*r'"'°"of«»>«»reat: 
 The. bitter wSrT.! - lijif S o^f** ••"Wiuon. <>» ^^f wal 
 of all ' "^••' ***'^' y« •»*vei, for I am lord 
 
 Jrble'if o^"* L"t:'^^^^^^ ^^* P-- '• - -y hand 
 
 Thou knowe,?!^^t thy ri?htVor w'rn" *''^""«^ ^^ *• '"^ 
 ^ lapse of years ^ "«^''*' ^''^ ''^^i^' "~wron^. by the 
 
 "•"hX^I!;:. ^'"^^'^ -'- - - ^Hat wron, half 
 
 Sa^^r O^Jp^- j^^^^^^^^^ in it, si« 
 
 wSulddespSe " '°"^"' **^*»^^ Winds those it 
 
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 Id. 
 
 
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 BROCK'S MONUMENT. 
 
 Oh, thadts of the great, «nd th« mighty in battlt, 
 Thy ipirit wants not with each day'i Mtting sun f 
 
 Tha glorias of Brock and his comradat immortal 
 Still gtaddan tha haart on tha ftald that thay won. 
 
 Tlwt shaft may converse with tha wayfaring stranger, 
 Its beauties may cause the most listless to dwell ; 
 
 But ashes beneath speak oi deeds to the Briton, 
 And marshal the man, and the hero, that fell. 
 
 To conquor and fall was the lot o( the soldier,— 
 Both deathless and dead on the same bloody field,— 
 
 But honor, that day, had bequeathed to the victim 
 A mantle of fame ere the death-roll was sealed. 
 
 See yonder cut stone, midway down the steep mounUin ; 
 
 It marks well the ground where the great hero bled : 
 Unyielding he fell, with his lace to the foaman. 
 
 Whilst cheering his host, midst the dying and dead 
 
 Our clansmen that day stood like heroea around him, 
 The tartans became like their own purple heath ; 
 
 But redder the spot where the foes hurried over 
 And leapt, in their haste, to the valley of death. 
 
 Tho' silent in death sleeps the dust of our hero, 
 Away from his home in this far distant land, 
 
 That silence to-day moves a chord in the children 
 Of those very ones whom ne loved to command. 
 
 Fair daughters, I pray thee think well of your country. 
 This great heritage handed down from the brave ; 
 
 Remember, and shun, the poltroon as a lover, 
 
 That man in whose veins flow the blood of the slave. 
 
 Ye matrons, who hail all that's good in your offspring, 
 .,,T.***^*' *'*"'y **•* charge that's bequeathed to thy care ; 
 Whilst tender in youth ground them well in that freedom. 
 The freedom we pri/e as the true Britons' share. 
 
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 LUNDYS LANE. JULV ajTM, ,8.4. AND .889. 
 
 Vou Mni of worthy gjrti of old, 
 
 Kor hi|rh our honoured fla^ a^ ain 
 Uljon th. fi.ld. of Luody. u!f. 
 
 p! Jk *5 "^ •."'*" *"** ■tubbom fight 
 Forih«low,vVyBrlt.in't might, ' 
 And tv ry deed. .0 bravely done, 
 n bayonet charge, when none would run 
 Jnepire the children of to-day ' 
 
 With manly courage for the fray. 
 Should doubtful friend, or foreign foe. 
 Seek vauntingly. to overthrow ' ' 
 TboM pnv.leget that freemen hold 
 I o be the safeguard of the fold. 
 
 Let no vainglorious, boaatful tale 
 
 But rather let our courage guard 
 That which true freedom will reward. 
 
 m:J'^^' **l'u ^^••^•n-'n^de theme, 
 When flowing like a mountain stream 
 Who would not do or die for thee 
 Are yet unworthy to be free. 
 
 Let serfs and slaves go greet the god 
 That rules them with an iron rod. 
 Till bnrly manhood faints with fear 
 At sight of tyrants that appear 
 Foe never shall the freeman bow 
 
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 To frowns on autocratic brow, 
 And nayer can the noble mind 
 To deeds of slavery be resigned. 
 
 Math oft a fading cause restored, 
 But gallant spirits, truly trained, 
 
 jjor justice, like a jewel lost, 
 Tho valuable and valued most. 
 
 While darkness reigns o'«r moral light, 
 And knaves charge down upon the fpoil 
 And sweetest fruits of human toil. 
 
 Let youth and age meet hand in hand, 
 In honor of our fatherland, 
 And this dear glen, we love so well. 
 Where noble heroes fought and fell 
 
 L!f!'.Ttl?'"" .°pP"°ff. should enjoy 
 Life s liberty without alloy. 
 
 Here let us vow, with pride again, 
 Our lofty birthright to maintain; 
 Where national and social life 
 Stoops not to rude barbaric strife. 
 And independent, manly speech 
 WKM ;°A'^* *'*^'°'" *° impeach, 
 
 Aituni^™"";"**'' ''****' ^'^h oWen fire, 
 Attunes again the royal lyre. 
 
 Whose echoes play about the tomb 
 
 The golden strain of "Home, Sweet Home. 
 
 Ah I where is he, of mental worth, 
 
 FV A?"'?' '*"'' Godsend of his birth ? 
 t en the adopted sons, from where 
 The seagirt isles have men to spare. 
 They fondly come, and seek to share 
 Our freedom and our bill of fare. 
 Ihose blessings, which should duly tend 
 And prompt each subject to defend. 
 
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 N«lri!^?''i*''^»' •«"•«« dust, 
 
 ?urH H**^. Drummond's hill i„ 'trust 
 wlfh ""'^ ?• P'^P'* *° »>• true? • 
 
 True to our country and our Queen. 
 In sunshine or the darkest scwe 
 Wuh words of wisdom on the will 
 True freedom is the rights of an 
 
 THAT BOTTOMLESS PIT. 
 
 posed Cathcart sewer. One of thi -. "°"**' °^ *^« P^o- 
 ^ being a - bottomless ^t." and !t w "" *""^*** *° «' 
 the members of Council V^s t the b L^?"^ suggested that 
 inspecting it. In rela toTieretS IJd V^* P" P°«« °f 
 out the following poetic effu^o? .k- u ^^"^Sow wrote 
 theCrancilforcoL7deraU^7°"' '*" ^'^ submitted to 
 
 I rather would in Council sit 
 
 As to go view that fearful pit. 
 
 McLagan may go there alone 
 
 To hear old Satan weep and groan • 
 
 For should he seek on slime to saS ' 
 
 2l.ry^°rf Nickbythetail, ' 
 
 Or!jrH*-^^i:''*^''"*«'^'"»>ond. 
 Or stifled m that dreadful pond-1 
 
 Fr?/^H^f'''°^^°''"^"^'hogs, 
 Fnend Lee's tomcats awi poodle does 
 I say. my friend, beware ! beware • 
 And do not fan in such P. snare 
 
 IfLnT'll'^''''^^ '■«^°* *he loss 
 If found without a sewer boss. 
 
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 CREELING IN SCOTLAND. 
 
 a foota b Sro'und'* t;' ^\^ "-''"^ had obtained 
 the nature of wWch „ ' 7e^^^ be*«„u-''^J" ^ •^"^h- 
 in the newly-married mL havimr?*^ "'**• '' <^on«>»ted 
 house of the party pretJouiJ^.''!'''^^ ^'•"' *° the 
 made fast to his back and «i^ """"'I: ^^* <=''•«' was 
 his journey, thi creelers to ^^ '°°" *' "?' ^" '^^^^'d on 
 
 ando,d.r;er;:';::t%rct'^roTis^^^^ 
 
 would commence throwino- «f«„.c yawned to be present, 
 the time that he reached the Ind of' h° • ^'^ "''^' "*" ^^ 
 be pretty well tired out h!«»v I! •'°"'""*y *" wo"'d 
 
 cut the r'opes anilierhim^e"! rt 'had' fn'^f' ^f^^^ ^° 
 doubt, a rude moral attached to thi hul " ***y' "*» 
 that as a married man w»- . the barbarous practice, 
 
 burden than when Tinele he rXn*^ r° ''*^'' * '^^^-ie; 
 impress on his mind tflTt h'/ha'd ^nd^lcTn fh'i '"1^ *° 
 obligation. I think it i« rho».K """*"*•««" that solemn 
 
 it in one of his journals ^HaT. " ''^'^ ^""'>' '^^^'^ to 
 
 by any other wSr Bit I ::; :;;r„T" '' ??*'°"'^ 
 sixty-seven years ago • althoutrv ^" f"'**^ *hout 
 
 member it well, t^doi't thbk thatT^ ^*' ''"' ^ *■*• 
 
 THE CREELIN' O' JOCK TAMSON. 
 In Scotland's bonnie isle, lang syne 
 
 Where usqubaugh was still the drink 
 That grac'd a corner o' the bink, 
 
 On tu^l ^.t''" .'"•' ^''°^« the food 
 
 O- sLl K*.'^'''*f *'''°"^'^' "P their brood 
 O sousie chiels, whase feck o' wealth 
 
 Was ruddy cheeks an' sturdy health. 
 
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 On brose an' bannocks an' ,ic diet 
 Thae couWn'a very weel be q-ie 
 
 VVha had maintain'd wi' apt display 
 B* ?^5'"?" o' a former day ; ^ ^ 
 Tho rude ,n pairt, thae bore the seal 
 
 *"'/ ^ en an men wero en^..*. 
 
 To thus endow the future man. ^ ' 
 
 matTL^l*" "^^T^' ''"^ ''" relate 
 wftat I hae seen whan yoi ne an' hlaf. 
 
 An- wab«ers shuttled ay. s c wr'k 
 
 '^'"""'««~»wr foreign ":;!;. 
 
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 |i^pawkie chiels could make it mair 
 An' n,„ny b.1rr.?.7;,^i',*VJ''- •■".«:, 
 
 N« fumblin. b«,<,i.f fl„;X'irk 
 v"as trac d np„„ ,|„ „„,, , 
 
 ■ixru *^ ,° '"*'r cronies up the p-a*t 
 
 Whan tapmaist on the creel 'twas seen, 
 o take the causey hice a burd. 
 
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 But "that frch, "."'" SoWman. 
 An mony a wife's o>..:^ iT 7 **"••"• 
 
 Prayed that he mS^"- *! »*«• in view, 
 To drink hi, h.rjth.u'?'' »""•■"' tho' 
 
 A-'wieshi^l^^^^S-^r""- 
 Tp.ft'rif'S^re^n-'H.dwh.e, 
 
 ^i^^'^^tSSf-r- 
 
 To there makTh«,! ^*"«'?'" ^^^^^ts 
 An' :« k- L "*'® * pair o' breek* 
 
 Hadfaii.d.o^.th.ThrwtS:™. 
 
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 Bedim the little sense thae had^ 
 
 But to ma t.l« j Uie .tane flew i„ 
 
 F",l'vely andwi'rattlin'dio 
 A«^.th.cr..lwadfa««i„ 
 
 Fr. r '■ '"noM was the din 
 Ere he seemed failin' „• the win 
 Jho', ay. the Calient, ettled weil 
 
 T1." fi...d the t«,:^ct Sf^nU 
 
 
 r-%>!F^- 
 
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 An' while he irrac'd hi. -,:» 
 
 Aye nearer can ilk .triH. i • 
 
 Wh.n „m.d ,„ ,h„ ueid iCch i„ s,u|. 
 
 E'en sma'er progress yet was m.H- 
 
 Whir. hi. biTwFf* J. '!""{' '^°»'- 
 The «. '°'''''' ''«'■' "f the .weet 
 
 Th- ^u- 1 ^"^ burnin' scaur 
 
 The ch.el .a. ,i„^ ^u. „«.hiL'g w.„r. 
 
 ^«T^'«rifvi„'^':h"'.V« ■'''"'. 
 Toh'I^fP?- 
 
6a 
 
 But why Should I r.l.t. th. whol. 
 O stori.. uuld and plUki.. droS 
 Th.e tcj,k thdrdrapji^™ f,tr w.y. 
 ro meet a«rain •omt ithtr day. ^' 
 
 THE VALLEV BENEATH 
 
 V er mounUm and v»u :„ * k» j 
 
 Thick nioo«ch/«« jrJt ." 1"'" "»« •« eoB; 
 Tho' sombre „dw?5"t? J '»*• ««m; 
 
 With h..v.„.. uglZfT "* "*'^'- 
 
Hi* forMl'i funt wail Ilk. .-•.., ' 
 Oft mind withTb. fJl** "*? '""» •"»»•. 
 
 Will. N«ur.-I V.5l 'J"'"" "» •••<"•. 
 
 LINES IN MISS L. SIMPSONS ALBUM 
 
 i*e .tghme winds, tliat softly s«k 
 
 Ih. * *^f " ^''"'"'' lofty P^ 
 ^'•••"~«}"«»M adorn the Si"' 
 
 -tit 
 
FREEDOM. WV SENSE TO GUIDE IT. 
 
 ^^S 9°i *^!* ^^wdom'. Mcred dom« 
 
 Still flathti free within me ; 
 Tho; other ^fts may whylee ^ae wnng, 
 
 This ane leems to betren' me. 
 
 Want may gie growth to canker'd care. 
 
 Au' wrinkle ilka feature: 
 ®"i7**** '■ ^•*>th, If man thould lose 
 
 The birthright o* the creature ? 
 
 Man'i lowc*t nrt may grip the gear 
 
 To magnify the mortal— 
 But higher minds will spurn the priz* 
 
 Seen through that na.row porul. 
 
 A wif<»r grasp should e'er be ta'en 
 O' man an* what man makes him ; 
 ivHT**''^ or want he's just the same 
 When common-sense forsakes him. 
 
 The current coin is welcome ware, 
 Tho* hamely mould it's cast in ; 
 
 The spurious meul winna ring, 
 Whatever grade it's class'd in. 
 
 Creation's lords owre aften lean 
 
 On gewgaws o' their nature. 
 While mither wit, that elf, steps in, 
 
 And shrinks the lordling's stature. 
 
 Vainglorious coofs, wi' sense a myth, 
 
 May venture their opinion ; 
 But lair an' logic bears the gree 
 
 In this, man's braid dominion. 
 
 We've liberty to play some pairt— 
 
 For this oor sires be thankit ; 
 If otherwise, rise in your micht, 
 
 An* instantly resent it. 
 
Wi each iuccMiiv. movemtnt. 
 Ut your d«f ir«s thus evtr be— 
 
 An frwdom for • |„ting crown. 
 **i coinmon<Mns« to guide it. 
 
 TECUMSEH. 
 
 N.glected. yet hiSa. a nt/. ^'^'?'^'*'•** ^"^^ **•«<« 
 
 . The gr... .hoot nf C '^''"'i: """''. "f ."» chieftain; 
 No niore%i?ll L h^'!)*"" Vn^cienc. aright 
 
 T"« ""-y with i:str„"'.h™^w",^z, r, :■? "if. ""'» = 
 
 The fatherless weep for Tec.,m„i, • """ *"•" ' 
 
 floTnV "^ """''' """ "•• T.«n„eh ha. 
 Th= forest ha. Bed fr™ .he ho,». of their father- 
 
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 No child tufftred pain at tht hands of th« Mvafft-. 
 Humanity ihont from th« dtpth. of hit bowm. 
 
 Oh. light li« th« clay on tht homt of thy aihtt ; 
 
 Slwp ioundly, thou chiaf, for naught ■ullitt thy namt • 
 
 _rha honors well won. which gava birth to thy fam«. 
 
 WW lik« Ult. wiiharn) irM. Uin( h«W of ih« «,«, 
 
 THE CHARITABLE WORK. 
 
 Tht Chairman of tht Charitable Committee, Major John 
 Glavow, presented their report, from which it wis iwn 
 they issued ICO charitable orders, amounting to face Vi 
 He closes his report as follows : •*5«-33- 
 
 We made them cantie by the deed, 
 For gear we're never sparin' o't, 
 
 That ilka callant in his need 
 
 May loup and laugh in sharin' o't. 
 
 A pickle tow is never missed 
 By them that has the spin'in* o't ; 
 
 A group'n glen will then be bliss'd, 
 As weel as at the winin* o't. 
 
 The man who wadna prime his leif, 
 And cheer us wi* the clinkin' o't, 
 
 It's ten to ane he's but a coof 
 That canna sleep for thinkin' o't. 
 
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6; 
 
 SHIKELLIMUS.* 
 Ntar gr..t Nl«g.,.., ^^.^^ ^^. 
 
 And wird-Uk. f r<Mu.l„g, of thj doo 
 Arj h..rd to .cho o'.r th. .ImJ, *•'* 
 Whtr, wjgry billow.. .urginrhU 
 
 And wh.r. th. rainbow. lov.Iy firm 
 Look, down upon th« v.pory .torn. 
 
 WhoM du.ky frl.nds, .'.n y.t, di.il.v 
 A r..tJ.., r^ for warlike ^i,: *^ '^ 
 fy ?'»»'«ly dance, in circl.* rud.. 
 
 ThJl ^f^*"^' "»• hold light thf rf in 
 IhM guide, th. children of the plain 
 
 oH'TVt^*' The hiding flood, 
 Each .t '^^^ monarch, of the wood. 
 Each .horcUne mark'd by rockv rift 
 Were hiUd.n then by Nat^uri^%"^*' 
 
 n^^nk mo..ture from each wind fhat blew 
 Inl ^'^•^ '"^'ched by leaflet, ffreen 
 Indor.ed the grandeur of the sw'ene" 
 E^m -nd oak and stunted spruce ' 
 VV.t. cedar held a lifelong truce, 
 
 £Lh !!,'"*^ 1°"^' **»• "<*'•»• tale, 
 i ho dwarfed apace hy aerial «ood, 
 
 •ShifctlUmu.. fiuno... chkf of th. Mohawk trib.. 
 
 .. lii^^-. 
 
 ^ia^mtk»'-zs 
 
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 With^l'Ti^*' °' '"*«'»« wild 
 
 Whin fi *'■*'' '° •«"• ■"•»■» Wl" <lr.M, 
 
 In anc-rv h*.?. '^"*'**'"*'' «y«. are borne 
 in angry haste or granite worn. 
 
 ivhlTl^ u""^' ?^ *^« «vine. 
 
 Wa. bvT.'*.^*'°P».''''**' ^^'•^ dreaded sound 
 
 5°".r7.S: ?"'•»'' «'■'"''■" 
 
 Wk . •'• ■''• ^*»o can behold 
 ^chmajcaty and there withhold 
 
 From Him who hath the work desiL^ned 
 
 Se'hoat"?''" '°^^ "'*»> rumSJin^^biakt 
 I he hoary language of the past, 
 
 ° ^aste the treasures of the earth. 
 
 And listened to its daily moan 
 T^ro summer suns in centuries gone. 
 Long ere our race were rock'd to slJLn 
 By m.ghty murmur, of th?5eep° ^ 
 
 Uf waters wild and rock'd ravine. 
 
 ^1W? 
 
 ..::i Btit^ 
 
 .■T*^'!?. -^: 
 
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 Of. would h. .™T;i;hXr.« """• 
 
 * " me treacherous height 
 
 Sr.rdi;'',','5,r' •'"•"'''«'' .p.nd 
 
 For toil K-Y"'*^®"""*"*!. 
 
 When antler'd ,uVt^^/^^^^ P»»ce, 
 By crude device if. T "^'^ *^''°«'n 
 
 u'l!"''''y Wl on serf or .ta«' 
 
 An- ye. .1.. chX:.T;?.r "*"•"• 
 
 H.. .oul .„ p.a„. wi,h ,0V. :«!;'' """ 
 
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 ifcS."ni^,"tr^:-'" -">■-. 
 
 
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 Unstable rett dl.turbed by dream 
 Of form and face and fawnlike beam, 
 
 The dread of death to friend or foe. 
 No crested champion of .he race 
 Would dare a frown to wreathe bis face. 
 Tho peace he spake, a lion brave 
 As e er lay down in Indian grave, 
 With anxious ear and heart aflame 
 He loved to hear Winona's name. 
 
 Winona, fount of living fire. 
 
 That the full moon might homage pay 
 The fawn at clear Macassa Bayf 
 Where she at eve oft sought to view 
 The silvery shadowed Manitou, 
 That kissed each wavelet as it fell 
 In rolling sweep, or lofty swell 
 That washed the high and gravelly height,* 
 S? .^:f7'"l flashed their feeble li|ht 
 J^at faintly ht the narrow way ^ 
 
 Which heads Macassa's lonely bay, 
 Where hoary age, keen flashy youth 
 
 w fj^^^l ""f"*' '" 8^»'"b uncouth, 
 Would sally for^h in tiny craft 
 
 Well stored with bait and bearded shaft. 
 
 To search the deep and there provide 
 
 A toothsome taste at morning tide, 
 
 i hat man should not on scanty fare 
 
 1 race tangled swamp and wooded lair 
 
 i^or trophies prized and famed in wear. 
 
 Tu" w .**'* ^^"^ »"<* «»'''y bear. 
 The Mohawk chief in lively .nood 
 Had scoured the cav'rons of the wood. 
 Each purimg stream and heightened hill, 
 __ l-or shiny shell and shapely quill t 
 
 •Hamilton Heights, or Burlington. 
 tQuill of a porcupine. 
 
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 To place before Winonas feet 
 And win the fawn from her retreat, 
 From ay«d lire aad dame, whow grief 
 Would wane at nighi of arrow .hel" 
 The wainpum wide and pipe of peace. 
 The savouiy haunch and wolfs gray fleece 
 And knuckles carved to well defcribe ' 
 I he totem of her warlike tribe. 
 Thus well the chief the vantage knew 
 In freighting full bis quaint ^oe 
 That he drew out upon the swell 
 ThJ'!J'f/u-^ **"'. ''•'■° ^"""Sht and fell. 
 
 ^s swift hope, doomed with doubt, would seem 
 
 To try the tendrils of his breast 
 
 At every tree-clad spot he past. 
 
 1 bus on he swept in fine career 
 
 With paddle placed his toy to steer. 
 
 And short the time ta'en by the tide 
 
 That sent him to Ontario's side, 
 
 Where now at ease he turned and left 
 
 The rugged way the stream had cleft. 
 
 With powerful arm each paddle's sweep 
 
 Jorged foam and furrow on the deep. 
 
 And prompted by Ontario's roar, 
 
 He wisely hugged the pebbly shore, 
 
 T M u""' "^'^^ '*^ darkening pall 
 rold him the evening shades would fall. 
 Which taxed his skill to note the way 
 To where some of his kindred lay. 
 Where they of old had rudely found 
 Another happy hunting ground. 
 
 With time and toil he struck his light 
 To shade the darkness of the night. 
 Or that the spirits of the dead 
 Should not disturb his lonely bed. 
 
 'Brock, the hero of Queen^ton Heights. 
 

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 EntZ'^ 15* **'**"?*'* *»>•* though tbev lav 
 Th.' i"?? *"^ *''*'«*" '« the clay ^ ^ 
 
 ToV.iT '*".*" "'"" knew • 
 
 ™ *« that morn would surely tend 
 To form and frame a happy end 
 
 FoundrJ."! 'T ^'**' «°^^'" ^^''t 
 i^ound h.m awake with famed r«,ast 
 
 A frugal meal of pemtcan ^ 
 
 And r"*^!l'!" ^'^ »he inner man, 
 And braced by time and sanguine -leeo 
 Again he ventured on the de!p '''*P' 
 
 Vnfi^'7u ^'! P«<*«*»« thus to reich 
 Jn time the thin and sandy beach 
 
 Th.„r„'»,"rr-r" 
 
 D'P in Macassa's watery main 
 
 Few may be told who here have been 
 And looked upon the lovely scene 
 
 WhereT. ''*' ^P^"* ^om^beach ^o height 
 Where foeman yet ne'er held a rieht ^ 
 And where brave Harvey bravelyled 
 To braggarts who so foully fled 
 Ani rT ^^*'" '^^ ""«t be brief, 
 Wh /?n ^"V^' ^ily chief. • 
 Who forged ahead with double soeed 
 __ By mlets where fowls fondlv feed! "^ 
 
 'The midnight atuck a. Stonev Creek. 
 
 '^i»r -^^S^^ .iSe^-iSff: 
 
 r|^pw-. 
 
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 wnere axe and arrow, pipe and auili 
 Enjaire the antiquarian 'sTkUl, ^ " 
 And where the thoughtful cloeily .can 
 The cranmm of the former man 
 
 ?hi?5iTtT„^°"1f«^*'>''««P control 
 WhJ. r^? *".''»«»'•«'. bell and bead 
 W.th relic. nch could not impede 
 The hero of a hundred fights 
 To wm VVmona of the heights, 
 ?J^/:""^'^«asSachem%aid, 
 
 A lof.v ; l*" °"^'' '^^'l "•^«'- paid 
 A lofty tribute well designed 
 
 W°hn.*^J*'''*^"^^°^^°'"e"kind. 
 
 hIh I • ^J*""*^ ^*'*'"' with woman's iore 
 Had gleaned this much of truth before 
 
 To" gJeet'ttct-T f' ^'^^ ^'^^^^^^ 
 
 in ruoe attire m squadrons came 
 ^nh founts of fun and loud heT hee 
 They scaled the bank for the teepee' 
 
 U?d b±7K ""^ '°"*^'» guileless art 
 WWI.h''t''^''*'*°*^he heart. 
 
 At si^rf^f^cK r""^ "'"'^^^ to avail. 
 At sight of sheaf, carved club and auill 
 
 InS ?oui°/^°"'' ^^'"'^^ *»^'^* to ^II 
 
 Bv Irnni?- ^Il"^"' ^"^ ^"^ ^"e fed 
 By trophies that were duly spread. 
 ___ The tomahawk and totem's form 
 
 ♦Mound a, .he foo. of Ememid S.ree,. Ciry. 
 
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 And care itMlf was doubly drown'd 
 Jgr pipe, of peace puffed round and round, 
 Wh, e hour, of bl ,. by all were .pent 
 Neath heaven . high arched imperial tent, 
 And sacred rite, tho' rudely donV, 
 Made heart, in twain to beat as one. 
 
 The morning .un in grand array 
 Had Karcely reached Maca..a Bay 
 When buclMkins brave, all lithe of limb. 
 TaZ}7.^^ marshalled .traight and t/im 
 I o hold their own enchanting game 
 In honor of the chief who came 
 From waters where the Manttou 
 Had counselled him the fawn to woo. 
 
 Pappoose anw dame and hoary sire. 
 With much ado and s^ant attire 
 Trod there and toiled with gladsome ylee 
 Ihe tournament of j< y to see, 
 Where breastworks »f a later day 
 Were made and mar i from bounds to Bay: 
 And where *St. Vincent staunchly stood. 
 Flanked on the wt st by shaggy wood. 
 Here fast and furious r - ,'ed the war 
 Of merriment without a scar. 
 Here groups would meet and then again 
 The braves were scattered o er the plain, 
 To hail the swift or nreet the shock, 
 And gain a point by timely stroke, 
 There subtle skill with craft engaged, 
 All warmed to win, the combat raged ; 
 Thrice o'er the field the ball was tossed, 
 As many times it backwards crossed; 
 From right to left it swiftfly flew, 
 A moment seen, then lost to view. 
 
 of thl%^nf:„';4,l,V^ •''•''"»''''«'•• *h'<-''*"^ 'WO or three hundml yard* v»th 
 
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 Th«y raced, they ran, like men posseited 
 Of tvil spirits sorely pressed, 
 Swift to the goal with loud ha ! ha ! 
 " A miss" the chief cried out — a squaw 
 Thus back again with intent speed, 
 The buckskin shot— a noble deed 
 By burly brave, whose arm and eye 
 Again prolonged the battle cry. 
 A thousand voices now rang ont, 
 They face, they feint and whirl about; 
 Five hundred times the ball is ta'en, 
 As oft lacrossed to kiss the plain, 
 While neither side a vict'ry won ; 
 The umpire said the game was done. 
 The aged chief, whose rule was law, 
 Here ruled the game a friendly draw. 
 
 The mountain side a glorious view 
 Of ringlets green and crimson hue. 
 Looked down upon the lovely scene 
 Of belted Bay and deep ravine, 
 And redskins grim who honoured thus 
 The Fawn and young Shikellimus. 
 
 A POFT I. M PATIENT. 
 A laughable episode occurred on Monday evening in the 
 t^LT ^J'T'' °^ ^ ^' ^- ^h"* the%hairmfn heW 
 
 tim. !nH*?h^°''' !rJ*^''l"^ ''""«^' ^°'* ''^'"^ considerable 
 t^rA . f '*'! <^and,date bemg rather slow in coming for- 
 
 Most excellent and worthy friend. 
 Since Hiram's work is at an end, 
 Will you, with love and zeal prepare, 
 To close, this Royal Arch with prayer. 
 
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 OOR JESSIE V . 
 
 If r. hw„., ju.t .«.?.•!?. Jl.i'i:.*?."'' •' »■»• "«i«? 
 
 An- the oil o' r^id -»i k-"'"".*' •*•*' >""•• 
 Bui th. chord n.v,r Mok hUf I^^"" ^''•'«"' •bun., 
 
 A. .h. ..„,. o. oor;.iri;.n„t? !r.ru°nr 
 
 While the M.»,"un.,l„ ,h"?^" "•'^"'"on the wing. 
 
 For her lilf. like thJem,^'^'? '"'■'••"• '° ''"g- 
 The .weet .i^hi? „' »• a *? *"«•' "IW'tin' 
 
 An; my heVr't'.tk'e" to° rrv'."wi*t.*:i'.d "'""■•^••'» «" '•'' 
 
 A. ,h..he„...,.Hed ;.•.;: -^litrrh'Jiv.'j^;.. 
 "r^/n^:n:s:^£5'f.-hl-?riled,^^^ 
 
 No . .tre«iVc«.ti*i^''°1.™' .'""f'th"" fellT ^ 
 
 But it. face w,d ?i. bVkX wiSl ,1.''?'' '° "•• «•• 
 By th. proud df rin/f* -l";: ttte'S.Vn'w'^d'r'"*'' 
 
 " uk:':r?,Xf isft'o-^r """' ?-■"' "»*'. 
 
 No . d«,, th.t bT^t- - ? ^ "T" »•«'• 'hore ; 
 
 ^!;.r:.^k'::jt7„£f?"»" 
 
 "« »oul when she touches the lyre. 
 
 
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 FOUR CLASSMATES. 
 
 Bbf diiregarding wind «nd w«t 
 Wh«n not a tail th« four could gtt 
 Thera'. Skally in hi. ov.rcoat. ' 
 And ?'':^°**'.^***. •*»"-> Scot, 
 And Richmond with hit luck all irona 
 For which war. haard hi. dreary^S^'n 
 Poor Johnni. who once hald fh^ pr^e 
 Hi. waning: skill could ill di.^uiw ' 
 
 W^ h''«*"il'* ^i"^ •'^''- frorthTwaat 
 
 To'tiirr ^•^""'■''•"^•"^"^•down, 
 
 But Skally, Imuattdltoyou, 
 Thi. .tormy day you long will rue. 
 When your good lady hear, you groan 
 While ra.p.ng. rend each n.arrow ^ne 
 Then you mo.t fervently will wi.h * 
 
 But oh, ala. ! the wise.t man 
 
 The heavenly vault may closely scan 
 
 And prophecy, tho' .torm and rain 
 
 Vet here the day will be as fine 
 A. ever prompted one with line. 
 But wi.e or foolish, all the same. 
 No man can earthly tempest, tame; 
 
 We know a part but not the whole. 
 For one alone still holds control. 
 
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 JlP 
 
 HOMELAND AND MOTHER. 
 Dniain •wwUy, my soul, of my chiidhoml and moth«r 
 
 Of?h^ ; Wrtft f.m. cannot cloud th« r.m«mb;«nct 
 Of that stronfMt ti«, flowing full m tht ma. 
 
 And sof^an tha haart of soma pure lovinr awdn ^ 
 Than pladgai a mothar na'ar uttarad in vain. 
 
 Tha ■unihina of homa with its larga haartad rivar 
 To brightan the path of aach daar darling 'hild, 
 
 Whara avaning'ilona watch ii to fondly bagullad. 
 
 ^•JL""* •^•^ ^S*r **'■ yo"»hful surrounding., 
 Tho waary of haart, finds raliaf from his pa^n. 
 
 A mothar had thrilled in soma time honourad strain. 
 
 That diltrl!"^ *'*i'".r ''•''? • ^*»"" •« «y »»o«om 
 That distance a an fails tc o'arshadow my dream. 
 
 ^?I? !r*"/\r^***"'' ''^ ""y homeland and mother. 
 
 Tho absent, the heart often wandeni to thee, 
 While sunshine may strew ev'ry path of the stranger. 
 
 Thy mountaina and val'.eys are dearest to ma. 
 
 Chorus. 
 
 Comfort the wanderer, care for the strcn^er, 
 lender the homeless one trophies of love. 
 
 'f'^-Tr^j 
 
 "Aim- 
 
MOONLIGHT COURTSHIP. 
 
 Thou tilvry moon that wanton pUyg 
 Through flowery bloom within tht valt. 
 
 Affjiin thou sM'tt th« lovtrt mttt. 
 To drink of lovt'i enchanting talt. 
 
 Again that awMt tndtaring tcana 
 
 WMa dark'ning shadows fail to cloud 
 
 Tht htarts attunsd with youthful love. 
 Ontario's soft and soothing song 
 
 Joins with the maiden's lovely strain, 
 No discord sweeps the thrilling chord 
 
 That •wks her lover's ear to gain. 
 I heir youthful vows again record 
 
 Love's melody in ev'ry part. 
 Again the olden tale is told, 
 
 While candour swells the wistful heart. 
 Tht evening shades impassive plead 
 
 Th. I'm.-^*"!*' •"<*••»•»»£ to the soul, 
 The thrilling breast drinks deep the draught 
 
 That's swwtly leading to thj goal. ' 
 Their youthful hearts impassioned feel 
 
 The flow of life's impulsive tide, 
 The great command implanted deep 
 
 Granu lasting joys right to preside. 
 There you may see the lovers kneel, 
 F^lf P'«df •<«, upon the sacred shrine. 
 Enraptured t^, plead for the power 
 
 To thus fulfil the grand design. 
 The fairest gem enriching man 
 
 Is one who will his sorrows share. 
 Whose loving heart pours Nature's flood. 
 
 An endless stream to drown his care. 
 
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 BURNS' ANNIVERSARY. 
 
 Air--FarewelJ to St. James' Lodge. 
 Ye social hearts, wi' moisten'd e'e 
 
 He was the chief amang them a- 
 SHI? ""'^'." %teep and bonnie^len 
 StilJ speaks for him that's noo awa 
 
 3r^7aj-^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 He dreamed o Mary's heavenly fo7m ' 
 An"?h 5 ° "^^il^ce, Bruce an' a' 
 An Shanter ,n that erie storm 
 
 O bonnie Jean that's noo awa'. 
 He sang hoo Wartle dwelt on Tweed 
 
 An"^r^r^'' ^'''' '"^^ cock may crow 
 TaTr^" P?°'d puir Maillie's^deiS ' 
 Tam Samson's gane an' noo awa^ 
 
 The mountain daisies' lovely hue ' 
 Was brichten't at his magic /a' 
 
 The bonn.e lav'rock higher flew ' 
 An- sang wi' him tha^t's noo awa'. 
 
 His Duncan is a nation's pride. 
 
 That bhnkit thro- a' nature's law 
 A native genius we admire ' 
 
 In Burns the star, that's noo awa' 
 
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 TO WILLIAM MURRAY. ATHOL BANK. 
 
 Whan up Parnassus brae ye sped 
 
 W. dam y hand to stow /eVe^eVeel 
 
 Hi beaut.es rare, 
 Right weel I ken ye'll wale wi' zeal 
 
 The sweetest there. 
 
 Or wrhrn"''"" '"V' ^'•^'^" ^'^ haiver, 
 Bu^rUi^ 'senseless, clishmaclaver 
 
 La d forth yere pen, 
 W. honest, lofty prime%ndeavor. 
 ^o paint sic men. 
 
 Till wae an' want w^uu ■ °' 
 
 —*" want, baith sair to ken 
 
 By kindly words, that fa' weel ben 
 
 Upon the heart. 
 Its fe t on this prolific soil 
 
 There s little here for men but toil 
 An yet the poet's flights may foU ' 
 
 A needless c^re, 
 Till ^orrow by his sonnets smile 
 
 Tha tgift.tser. whywasitgi'en? 
 
 i'raeburnin' tears owreaften seen. 
 
 r„^ ° **''^®P *'^« face, 
 
 God crownjd it wi' his living sheen. 
 
 io sooth our race. 
 Humanity, wi' mournfu' wail, 
 t en here at times is fand te fail 
 Whan sordid self «,:' «^ ' 
 
 Tnn^^tl' powers prevail 
 
 1 o cock the crest, 
 
 'ill 
 
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 The maist ot seems a waefu' tale 
 
 O' life at best. 
 But he wha's gifted owre the lave 
 Wi' reason far abune the slave, 
 An' big's his biggin' up to save 
 
 A fellow man, 
 He'll fill a niche in some great nave 
 
 O* Nature's plan. 
 Life's duty still requires tlie art, 
 That will its sweetest joys impart, 
 Nae cauldrife hand ere heal'd the pairt, 
 
 In sair distress, 
 'Tis love alone that tones the heart 
 
 Wi' thankfulness. 
 He that drinks in the sweets o' morn, 
 An' thriving still, makes nae return. 
 But will a helpless brither spurn 
 
 In time o' need, 
 He's but a nameless thing, forlorn. 
 
 Past a* remead. 
 If life is really worth the livin', 
 On bounties, sae direct frae heaven. 
 Why then begrudge the morsel given 
 
 To prime the mass ? 
 By it life's weights will seem mair even, 
 
 E'en thro' distress. 
 What tho' the frame may seem to bow 
 'Neath human rights weel held in view, 
 Dame Nature's sweet refulgent hue 
 
 Will ne'er o'ercast, 
 Whan man to man has proven true 
 
 In Nature's best. 
 But noo, as ninety-twa has gane. 
 An' monie to the dust it's ta'en. 
 Let us gie thanks that we remain 
 
 To greet the year, 
 An* fondle owre some wee bit strain. 
 
 Men's wae to cheer. 
 
YE MERRY MEN OF CANADA. 
 
 Ve merry men of Canada, 
 
 Whose soul flows forth in sonir. 
 Let Nature's swelling harp ring oit 
 
 To cheer the jovial throng. 
 Our fields are full and fair to see, 
 
 And happily we own 
 The golden fruits of honest toil 
 
 That have been wisely sown. 
 
 Chorus. 
 Here, let the joyful strain ring out 
 „,?«neath the maple tree, 
 While we sing of our Canada, 
 The fairest of the free. 
 
 ^WK^^•! *''* ^^^^'^ old-fashioned soul, 
 
 Ji^^^l^^' may be his name. 
 
 Who oft had heard of freedom's torch. 
 
 Yet never felt its flame. 
 And should he make his home with us, 
 
 Kight happy may h- be. 
 In resting from his daily toil. 
 
 Beneath our maple tree. 
 
 No tyrant's harsh and hateful hand 
 
 Can rob him of his right. 
 He will be monarch of his own, 
 
 None dare his freedom slight. 
 And when he's tilled his own loved plot 
 
 Whate'er its bounds may be, ^ ' 
 His wife and he may sing their song 
 
 Beneath our maple tree. 
 
 His cabin may not have a style. 
 Like that where lordlings live, 
 
 And yet when he sits down to dine 
 He 11 have all gold can give; 
 
 

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 And when his famed repast is o'er 
 
 He'll warble o'er the lea, 
 And proudly ponder o'er his state 
 
 Beneath the maple tree. 
 
 No slave can find a renting place 
 
 On this our happy land; 
 Our social sons, themselves so free, 
 
 Will take him by the hand. 
 His trailing: chains will here dissolve, 
 
 The creature thus made free 
 Will join the chorus of our song 
 
 Beneath the maple tree. 
 Vv'e'll ask no favors of the rich 
 But help the poor who can. 
 And from the lap of wisdom teach 
 
 The brotherhood of man; 
 And when we will have aged apace 
 
 May it be found that we 
 Shall have the right to sing our song 
 Beneath our maple tree. 
 
 Long may the land marks of our home. 
 
 With honors in their breast 
 Cling to the land we love so well, 
 
 Like sires who are at rest; 
 And should some darkening cloud descend. 
 
 May we as one agree 
 To sing our song of Canada 
 
 Beneath our maple tree. 
 
 DO, OR DEE. 
 
 Scotland's bonnie hills an' heather- 
 Scotland's grandeur, Scotland free, 
 
 Whisper in the patriot's bosom, 
 For her sake to do or dee. 
 
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 Torrents frae the mountain foamin' 
 Sweeping wildly to the sea. 
 
 JJJ* *'"?'*'"* °' '''^ children. 
 Wha rush forth to do or dee. 
 
 Cairn an* caue, an' mountain corry. 
 Greenwood shaw. sac sweet to iie. 
 
 wna had sworn to do or dee. 
 
 '^F|Jm''*^'L"'°\' ^''*^' «"'^ a*^" hoary. 
 Fields whaur heroes scorned to flee 
 
 »^P an at it, do or dee. 
 
 There the Unties lo'esome carol. 
 
 rhere the mavis on the tree. 
 Join the laverock, sweetly singin', . 
 
 For your minstrels do or dee. 
 
 Bonnie Scotland has nae marrow. 
 
 Nane like her can ever be, 
 Hill an- haughs enchantin' story 
 
 i-rompts her sons to do or dee. 
 
 There the meadow daisy tintit, 
 AcUi.f * cowslips on the lea. 
 Add a fragrance to the glory 
 <-> the men wha do or dee. 
 
 Sage an' sangster words hae written- 
 
 Hoo her callants courted freedom. 
 Willing for to do or dee. 
 
 ^*f o"f ".*'f" P''°*='^''" her beauty. 
 An' th^ ;;?^ hnn they like to see. ^' 
 An the birthright stirs within them 
 Thochts to nobly do or dee. 
 
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 Wha waii no her memory cheri.h ? 
 
 caitiff, coward loun is he. 
 Come forth men, wi' souls enraptured. 
 
 For auld Scotland do or dee 
 
 IN THE LONG TIME AGO. 
 
 ^ sLr?' '^ *^*' r°'" *^°' •" dreamland we hear it 
 
 What .hr^^^T u*" "°^ '"^>^« ^he sou! overC- ' 
 
 Thl r^n?!' ^'^V^^ "'^'^^ ^^^^'^^ fo"d hearted mother 
 The mother who sang in the long time ago 
 
 ^ Thn-'T'.T.^'^u''"^ "°*"' how we love to remember 
 I ifi^ u "* *''* ^'^'■P '^'^^ dispelled every woe' 
 
 Th.f H ^'^"^J *'^°' '°"*>'' ^-^'""^^ 'e^sen the ple'asure 
 That dawned on the days of the long time ago 
 
 ^ And "If" ''^'u^ *°"*=h '"^y 'ay hold of our nature 
 
 Who waited and watched in the long time ^o. 
 The tender appeal seemed a' right and in order 
 
 Supplied every want in the long time ago. 
 
 ^ Of^^v'^u^" ^" '^^ ^''^ a'-'" chair that is vacant 
 The mother that kissed me a long time ago ' 
 
THE CHIEF END OF MAX. 
 
 When canting critics disagree 
 
 ?eTfind';K *^»^'f^'-^-^hat that should be. 
 Ve II find hem thare sae unco slee 
 
 Wi warly tricks, 
 That honest men will fail to gie 
 
 Sic lads their licks. 
 The deil-ma-care fouk, sire or son, 
 Wha s aim is virtue's path to shun 
 Thae take a' earthly, on the run ' 
 vvK-i ^y^^yso'gain, 
 While pennies thus sae foully won 
 Gie little pain. 
 
 VVi!l nf^'*°"' 'm?' "^^^'^ '^elf isking, 
 y^iU on some p.llar highly hing ^ 
 
 H.s morals, that their bouk miy bring 
 Wi cannie airt * 
 
 The needfu', that he seems to ding, 
 E en to the dirt. ^ 
 
 By some sheep shanks it's ta'en for ^rantit 
 
 Withoo^'r'* *? ''^ ^'"^^'« wantit.^ "'"' 
 Withoot ,t, man's a creature stuntit. 
 
 ixr.-.. ^''"^^ '■""^'^ °' kail. 
 
 While poortith's like a hoose. aye hauntit, 
 
 Att up for sale. 
 If worth's the standard o' the carle, 
 
 V^1I /J'i"^'' P"""' "^""^^ Of earl, 
 Ve II find his peer, a loesome pearl, 
 
 Hid oot o' sicht 
 By poverty, wha's gruesome dirl 
 
 Tu . **'" '"^"" ^echt. 
 
 The cloven clute. tho amply hiddn' 
 
 ro at nature's biddin' 
 
 Will whyles peep th.. «, nature s b, 
 I ho shinin lichts on that hae riddc 
 To some high throne 
 
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 An warjiUon. '"oatn, 
 
 If -elf the •Infu- find, the way in ^ ^ ' 
 A-. 8?**P **°*'" ^f'* heart ? 
 
 Few wad be found to rank in comr««„ 
 W!' »k.^ »u ^ common 
 
 But that » no plea, tho' plans miscarry 
 For yon an' jne to pech in' wurry ^' 
 Owre some deep sheugh. an' there to bury 
 
 The wrangd remains ^ 
 
 O conscience, strangled in the hurry 
 
 Porp esent gains. ' 
 
 Nana, man, come let us gather 
 The sense o' richt in coils thegither. 
 An spin a pirnie for a tether. ' 
 
 That man's career 
 May win the sanction o' a brither 
 •n. * .J" '"** sphere, 
 ihat thae wha are sae sairly driven 
 By poortith for the morsal givei? 
 May eke the nievefu' o' a Ii?in' 
 , In this great plan. 
 
 r "h" !'"•'*"" ^"^ °°t *o heaven, 
 fiod bless the man. 
 
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 FAREWELL TO SCOTLAND. 
 
 Farewell, my native land, farewell f 
 Adieu, old Scotland*! flowery lea 
 I now muit leave thy .acred «oil. * 
 :>tern fate has iuued the decree; 
 Thy winding .treams that gently flow 
 
 Thro glens where I was* wont to stray 
 Thy murmuring rills and heathy hills. ^ 
 I II love them all, tho* far away. 
 
 '''%?'^«"' thy hawthorn.scented dells, 
 
 Thrice dear to me thou flowery scene. 
 Can absence cause me to forget 
 
 cu ,? **^* ^''^^ Atlantic deep. 
 Should roll between me and my home; 
 T ";?""»^'n» high will cause a sigh 
 To thrill my heart where'er I roam. 
 
 ''T7*": J*'^ ?*"'^ *f'*°""^''' farewell, 
 Ad.eu thou dear and sceptred shrine, 
 Thy hoary seat does still repeat 
 
 That regal pomp and power were thine- 
 Thy princely hilU, so richly crown'd 
 
 By arts prolific, grand array, 
 ^;!' '°"^.""foW the sculptured mold 
 Of Scotia's wealth, tho' far away. 
 
 '^ ^r't ^* *'^««t-to"ed, warbling birds, 
 
 Th^. ° ^*•V! '° ^''^' *he early mofn, ' 
 Thy tuneful lyre will long inspire 
 
 Thou shady brooks whose silvery throngs 
 Oft tempted me to sportive play, 
 V^Tl'}^ share thy balmy air 
 With childish -!ec «hen far awav. 
 
Ad..u y.fi«Kl..o'de«rton.m?; 
 
 While „.,ur,'. crimson tide roll, on' ' 
 
 A A "^T*^*' du« to them, ni pay ' 
 
 And M, .ever hy memVy d..7' 
 Tho I should wander far «w«y. 
 
 THE LASS VVr THE PAVVKIE KEN. 
 (Air, "Kiltie Lad..") 
 Aneath the hilUide'.H faultless form 
 That jh.elds him fr.e the wintry Ttorm 
 
 Bu .?"k"" ''••^'' "«• »torm or strTfi 
 But ca s his crack wi' his auld iruid w f!' 
 His bits o' bairpies IonnJ«"l^l ^ "'* 
 
 c«.~„ • .. •* 'oupin roun 
 
 And «Vk " '"''^^y "•"«» »«• 'J'-oun. 
 
 Wi my bonnie braw lass wi' the pa;kie een 
 
 The bawbee, that by right's h , ain • 
 
 His moi an- toil he minds it not, • 
 But skirls a lauch at the endin' o't. 
 
 W. his bonnie braw lass wi' the pawkie e'en. 
 
 The rich may boast o' a' their eear 
 
 Bnt k'^ V!;*'^ "'*'*'' '^^' »«•"&« micht wear 
 But hoarded wealth will fail tae buy ' 
 
 __ The lo esome l.It o' the pair owre by; 
 
 'Duncan Robertson. 
 
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 The dear gujd wife her be*t ay. brln,f. 
 [Ill her Kuidman baith ,owth« «n* sinirt. 
 An noo an* th«n a kiRs is gi«n 
 T«e the bonnie braw Uh wi' the pawkie een. 
 
 Ut caate an' claas heiie up the h«id 
 
 An a »K wariy nonsense plead, 
 
 The hamely fock «>ont the toun 
 
 In the.r bit houiiie will sleep as soun; 
 
 Ihere » love, we trow, atween the pair 
 
 That does eacti ither'. burden's share. 
 
 An blest IS he wi' nature's queen 
 
 In his bonnle braw lass wi' her pawkie e'en 
 
 
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 THE REAPKR. 
 To Mrs. Thomas Evan., on the death of her husband. 
 Here the reaper had girded his loins for th« task 
 A 5 ^^t 'Vf '"^' *''■ ti^ie-honored swath. 
 
 Tht't*!i'^'l'\'^*" **'°''" ^y »he sickle of death. 
 That had stood in the grim monarch's path 
 
 ^ Thif *thVti m." f?lh*"K*^"'' ""''^ " "P*""'' ^«^*»°W 
 *nat tne time of the harvest was nitrh: 
 
 As? nC ?H f '*'• ^J*^' ''''' '^"^ ^^^'^^h »o the ground, 
 As a plant that was destined to die. 
 
 Were decreed by an all-seein^ God. 
 So the len^rth of our race has its measure of time. 
 Tho unveiled or inviting the road. 
 
 ^ThZilTf^^ '? ^^'"'^ ^^ '^'^ ''^«»»'«^ o'-the swift 
 
 With a birth and a breath is a life's battle heiied 
 »y the most honored offspring of earth. 
 
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 SONG 
 
 C0„PO,.o .V M*;OH JOHN ol*SGOW ,„, „. ,,,,,,, 
 
 OAT„«,„o O, TH. CAL»o»MN SOC.BTv! 
 
 OF HAMII.TON, CANADA. 
 
 Air:-"Uirdo'Cockpen." 
 
 te haV:r, SrU° ':'.ra'„'''r J.""""?" ^« -"'• 
 W. gather, oof , foci.;? ^L^-' '?'"'"" "' ^"''''^ 
 Wi- a wee picW. jjfor fo 'hVu"/'^a'„- ^^ ' 
 
 An tappi. .i,e ..ull whan I ,„e?wi' a W „• ""'"" 
 An I g,.d h,m a .poonfu', ,o haud kallol^e^n 
 
 Whan ,he younker, begood for ,o haud Ha5ow"e'„ 
 The auld thackit cot frae the has. t„ ,>.. 
 Lookit mensfu'. ye ken Jh!„ !^ r „ *" "''""'• 
 An' w. .• «e„,;d':aVp;<:5''o. '^Tr Rab^''^r''> """ ' 
 For the story he tellt u, aboot S?aUowten ' "'"" 
 
 •Boo^"i^erd"-r,'S:/--:^--^^^^^^^^ 
 
 Ilf '^i' '«,•"•»« •"• as airtfu- 1 trow 
 
 Tnat they caught a' wt'c^^" P^- -^be^^^. ^.^^ 
 
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 The bairnies, puir things, liket weei for to come 
 W, their runt.es o; kale for to stap up the lum. 
 
 WhiJ*;? .* ° *^'"' .y°"*'' ^""^^'^ ^^''''^ i" their een 
 Whan the time shpp.t roun' for to haud Hallowe'en. 
 
 The wisest o' folk an' the wale o' oor men 
 Never scrupl't awa' as they cam' awa' ben, 
 
 Th'J^u P'*"^" ^^^l "^^ P'^y* ^^••« «ae hairmless I ween. 
 That the ma.st o' them 'gree't for to hand Hallowe'en. 
 
 Douce Dauvit, his sel' a bit sprig o' the Laird, 
 At the gloamm was seen keekin inf j the yaird- 
 If the warlocks negleckit to slip in atween 
 He w£j shouther his stock for to haud Hallowe'en. 
 
 V'Jl^iu ^.e*''",*'^* ^y^^^' he's an auldfarrant man. 
 He s the hfe o' us a' and the heed o* the Clan, 
 But h. swears by his sel that we're no worth a preem, 
 That we dmna ken hoo far to haud Hallow'en. 
 
 SIR JOHN MACDONALD'S LAST SPEECH. 
 
 A British subject I was born, 
 A British subject I will die, 
 I '••ave this honor that my dust 
 On Britain's sacred soil may lie. 
 
 Life's weary toil is near the end; 
 Farewell, the chamber's midnight spell— 
 And yet the battle that I fought, 
 Was for the land I love so well. 
 
 Adieu, thou fair Canadian sky, 
 Adieu, thou many friends I leave ; 
 To you, my foes, no angry frown 
 Can e'er go with me to the grave. 
 
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 CANADA. 
 
 '« your birthriehtajfft ,1,., "'"'/""'• ""' '"ke; 
 
 w*rV.* ^^ *''«' ^ou'd part 
 
 or' i '^' '^"^ ^^-^ ^he sake 
 
 °^'*^«^*^^'' ones who made it their home? 
 While the shadows of nio^hf o-r--» ♦u 
 And the future of timeS hLl *^* ''^*** "^^'^^ *"" 
 What Canadian wou^S yfeld what hUf ''\ 'I ''""• 
 
 Where is he'that ^ol'part?'^''*" "°° ' 
 
 As true sons of our siretreTailstetttand 
 Where .s he that would part ' ' 
 
 Where is he that would part ? 
 
 lnl.rt^:.:ft?'r;rorii''r ™».cru.bii„^ <,„«,„. 
 
 Ve. this ,a,d^. :„^ J,-,-;;' '- -- a ™^ 
 
 Where is he that would part ? 
 
 Zidt^!^"" ^^PP^' '*"^' *»>•« dear land of the free 
 And Its treasures extend avp fr«», **' 
 
 'Twas th«. hnm« "'ena, a>e, from sea unto sea. 
 
 Fron, that home they wmsMlr "^^'"'J" 't" ""y- 
 
 ■•wh.!;e*it'.ira?t;o2'';aAr'''"' ""' ^y' 
 
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 Let no gaudy display of the foreigner shake 
 
 N ,hv h- r- K ■" '**'J""^ °^ ^'^''^ '^^«" "nd lake. 
 Is thy birthnght a gift that your hearts can forsake ? 
 
 Where is he that would part ? 
 
 MUSKOKA KATE. 
 
 Attune your harp, Muskoka wilds. 
 
 An crystal streams o' lonely water, 
 Nae land can boast o' sich a gem 
 
 As Kate, ye're dear an* darling daughter. 
 Her tresses rich in ringlets fa', 
 
 Oot ower a neck baith white an* bonnie, 
 Her e en a blue wad shame the light. 
 
 An are na equalled here be ony. 
 
 Her lips are like the rose's blush 
 
 Just whan the bud inclines to tany, 
 Her cheeks the pink aneath the dew, 
 
 Whan mornin' suns licht up the carrie. 
 Her dainty feet wad grace a queen 
 
 Her step's sae licht upon the causey. 
 There s no' a lad but fondly keeks, 
 
 An wonders wha will win the lassie. 
 
 Her lo'esome lauch will work mischief, 
 
 An dmg the manly heart o' plenty. 
 For only ane can prie the prize, 
 
 Tho' weel I ken she culd hae twenty. 
 Her winsome ways o' hamely work. 
 
 He maun be gyte thai wadna lo'e them, 
 i-or ilka laddie o' the north 
 
 Wad loup her heart an' hand to woo them. 
 

 POETIC WELCOME 
 
 Royal HUness the PHnr.^ ?"'• °^ ^"^•' *"** "•r 
 
 FrMi yonder isle, swept by the stormy sea 
 
 T^r'"' W.* "^ *"•" B"^annia's STlwarlc. ride 
 The Campbell comes with regal pomp/^ JJ ^•' 
 The welcomed chief, in honor to prw de 
 O er freeborn men in all their Briiish pride. 
 
 ^wk'^I'*'"' ***•"• ^» ^^''' »o that ereat line 
 
 Ma^frienSIhL'" *'* "'"P''"' '^"'^ '^^ ^«n ; 
 On fhJ- f • ^ ' ?'■* ' ' "'*^«'' "««' With thine 
 On this fair land, so .^ch in varied scene 
 
 And home of her. the daughter of our Queen. 
 The people's hearts, unnumbered and untold 
 
 Breathe love to thee and thine of royal fame • 
 May time and truth in unison unfold ^ ' 
 
 tk!* ! t"^ 1''*,*"*' patriotic flame 
 That shoots aloft at mention of thy name. 
 
 No despot's tread now desecrates the land 
 
 But foot to foot, with bosom pressed Jo thine 
 We greet thee here with a frateraal h^d? ' 
 
 Around the base of freedom's sacred shrine 
 The forest's song, the shady brooks within- 
 
 AlU^n "is. '*** *?u ""^'^ ceaseless roar. 
 ThU M "" ^'th one acclaim to win 
 AbS wlf?.*"^ .*?*'^ of young McCailean Mohr 
 And his fair bnde, now wafted to our shore 
 
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 ^TcUZ\^'^\ ^^^'^y °^y°"^ "ires 
 
 ThI «S^f r '*'^**f " ^'^^ '°«'nan would despoil 
 
 •kVfl' "!'""': '' ***** ^»»'^h «ft inspires '^• 
 The fjinting heart to fructify our toil 
 
 For then k.nd Heaven will b'less tie sacred soil. 
 Whilst that dear gem, the maple leaf, is seen 
 Mav°E7.U 'h- P'""' °' Scotia'spreading wide. 
 
 Unfted . \?" *"'• ^""'« emblem green, 
 United, too, bloom with them side by side 
 As freedom's shield and Britain's speLl pride 
 
 "^ Wh'oTet w?l/'"' "i^;"* '"^'^ " »he man 
 So at the'«tThl T"" thy fellow-man to mourn. 
 
 ThV^nM !.*^* ""^y '^'"'y scan 
 
 The golden words of tribute on your urn- 
 Here hes the good and noble Lord of Lome." 
 
 ^ W« -^i"' u '^ P""<=«". ever dear to all 
 No .die throng gives greeting by the wav 
 
 White" tlrohr'" i° '"*y'^ sa^creVcall "^^ 
 
 S b' s" o'u'Tow Gojr 'e P^^^' 
 
 » you now, God bless you here to-day. 
 
GREETINGS FROM ST. ANDREWS BENEVOI ENT 
 
 SOCIETY. 
 
 Whil. Scotia's emblem, stern and erand. 
 
 Bespeaks our love for fatherland, 
 
 Let years unnumbered still proclaim 
 
 i he deathless glory of a fame 
 
 That clusters round each burn and Ben. 
 
 Made dear by her illustrous men. 
 
 Wha wad forget the biclcern* burn 
 That ripplin- rins. wi' gleesome turn, 
 An gently laves the mossy urn, 
 
 ^ **'* forbears, 
 Whaes sculptured coronet is worn 
 
 By lapse o' years. 
 
 Nae true born Scot, weel worth the name, 
 
 S. * f •* ''*''"'* Scotland's fame 
 
 While Loch and Linn make good their claim 
 
 Tae tune the lyre 
 That strangely fills the human frame 
 
 Wi* native fire. 
 
 Her purpi'd braes, wi' God bom airt 
 Hae wove a wab about the heart- 
 Unfold It, and behold the chart 
 
 O' our domain, 
 That patriots hae fondly care't 
 
 Tae ca' their ain. 
 
 While dainty daisies sweetly strew 
 
 An- i.^';t*'*"J?!f ^'^^''''^' ^y« *^^^'- tae view. 
 An heather hides the mountain broo 
 
 'Neath frosty peaks, 
 
 iae lang will Scotland's bairnies lo'e 
 
 The land o' cakes. 
 
 —Hamilton, Ont., Nov. 30, 1886. 
 
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 A, truth and virtue they pr^r.?m. 
 
 Ve cantie callans, soni of sires, 
 
 Wha. wealth o' worth the warV admire • 
 
 It • nae palaver that we sen' 
 
 For in the bield o' oor bit brae 
 
 That • washed wi' wavelets o' the bay 
 
 vvi unco pith, hae hirple't doon 
 Tae ca- their crack an' say their say 
 L.ke mensefu- men on Andrew's day. 
 
 ?h?J ''°"!'''* *'*-* kinsman's craft- 
 That weel can wale, frae woof an' waft 
 
 V !.?'' o ventures drear or SroH 
 Noo thaws its shuttle thro' the soul 
 O , Ilea Scot, tho' far abraid, 
 Th.^l^^^'u"' ^^""''^ h" "<^htly said, 
 
 It tStn-''*'* "•'••" ''''^'^ "P *heir nose 
 At l^ef an grreens, guid broth an' brose- 
 Lang may s.c men wag thro' the war? 
 W. maut an' melder for the carle ' 
 
 —Hamilton, Ont, Nov. 30th, 1887. 
 
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 From Scotm > htath clad purpl. hills, 
 The Mcred scene, the bosom thrills : 
 Tho we may never more behold 
 The beauties that her glens unfold, 
 Vet disfance never can remove 
 From her, our dear undying love. 
 
 At Scot, tat Brither Scot, we sen' 
 Guid greetings toe the -wait o nten. 
 
 Lang may ye fondly fidge and fissle. 
 In honor o' auld Scotland's thistle ; 
 Like honest callants, wat ye're whissle, 
 
 And heize her fame, 
 In toast, an" tody, or epistle, 
 
 Haud up her name. 
 
 She's aye sae mensfu', owre her haggis, 
 Her kail in caups, or bits o* luggies • 
 Whan coupled wi' a browst, in coggies. 
 
 Mankind discerns 
 The whale o' fare, for bulMly baggies, 
 
 O' her ain I lirns. 
 
 Let nae toum pate'd, tentless brither. 
 Speak lightly o* oor hills an' heather. 
 But reverently approach oor mither. 
 
 The sonsie Queen, 
 She's worth a dizen o' some ither 
 
 That we bae seen. 
 
 —Hamilton, Ont., Nov. 30th, 1888. 
 
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 Th«r« if a land, o'er all the rest 
 
 Ai?^'.**'' ° •' °"'' 'i^" «« rest, 
 Adds lustre to iu very name. 
 
 Y. Scots, wha meet the nicht, wi' ulee 
 
 ^" J"»\" ^Jythe,«s biythe can b.,^ ' 
 
 For Scotland's sake ye'll bear the eree 
 In crack an* cantie sanrs * 
 R-ng oot, orations, on her howes?^ 
 Her wavmg heather, on her knc^s. 
 An merit o' her thrangs. 
 Let fock. frae ilka gowan brae, 
 "k Ifleesome glen, an' mountain grey 
 Toast Scotland, an auld Scotland^^ d'iy. 
 
 Need hmg h., heid. whan chiels ;elate 
 The feck o* auld lang syne. 
 
 —Hamilton. Ont.. Nov. 30th, 1889. 
 
 
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 CONGRATULATORY TELEGRAMS. 
 
 f^tZl^A^^i bwn Mnt to othtr citio, .aid h« w., 
 war. hardly orthodox. (Uughttrl. Howtvtr. htrt thty 
 
 To th« Toronto Society : 
 
 H«re'« taa yt ladi, an' ilka brither 
 Wha claimt autd Scotland for his mithcr : 
 May bannocks and Gienlivet fine 
 Bs rife when ye clap doon to dine. 
 
 To the Montreal Society : 
 
 St. Andrew's callanU, ilka chiel 
 Are sperin if ye're gey an' weel ; 
 Are ye prepared wl* unco sIScht 
 Tae pree the haggis there the oicht ? 
 
 To the Governor-General : 
 
 Ower magic wire a brither's hand 
 Clasps thine in friendship for the land 
 
 An a that's worthy o' the name. 
 
 To the Chicago Society : 
 
 Haith, sir, gin ye were here to share 
 Our haggis an' Gienlivet rare, 
 We d ding the end in o' the barrel 
 An sen' ye hame a cantte carle.