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 CHAMI'LAIN. 
 
 [Written for the Montreal Pen and Pencil Club,] 
 
 A liiiJulrtMl ycfU's liad rolled iheir cluiiigePul roniids 
 
 Since Spain's bold .sailui>', followiiii;- in the track 
 
 Of him, the j^reat revealer of the West, 
 
 Sailed far into the sunset. Summer seas 
 
 Of dee])est azui^e, smiling islands clothed 
 
 With densest verdure, cheered their course. The; \ines, 
 
 Oay with strange tlowei"S and twined from branch to branch. 
 
 Gave shelter from the scorching rays of noon. 
 
 A varied screen of brilliant hues concealed 
 
 The rigid outlines of the lofty peaks 
 
 From shore to summit, and their shadows .sank 
 
 Far down into serene translucejit depths 
 
 Of placid ocean, carrying hues of eartli 
 
 To deck the coral walls and shell-strewn Hoors 
 
 Where sea-.sprites dwelt. They sailed by long low shores, 
 
 Which smoked with fatness in the generous sun ; 
 
 And through the sliady groves glanced grac(.iful forms 
 
 Of kindly natives — gentle-mannered, frank. 
 
 With fearless steps and open child-like mien 
 
 They came to meet the strangers — soon to be 
 
 Their pitiless oppressors. 
 
 All the wliile. 
 Far to the North, the lonely ocean surged 
 'Gainst desolate shores, rock-bound — the summer haunt 
 Of screaming wild fowl, and tlie winter liome 
 Of l)ears anil wolves and foxes. Seamy tiil)es 
 Of Indians hunted for their ha,rd-won food, 
 And gained a l)are subsistence. Ocean raged 
 Incessant 'gainst that battlemented shore ; 
 And the winds wailed amid the forests black 
 Of Markland' — moaning — weary witii lament — 
 In utter loneliness ; for no Cliristian soul 
 As yet had dared to tany in this wild, 
 
 ' Markland : The name given by tlie Northtnen to the country now 
 known a.s Nova Scotia. 
 
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 Nor tempt its savage sternness. Eastwards far — 
 
 Half way to Europe — where the unciniet sea 
 
 Heaves aye its bosom 'gainst the clinging mist 
 
 Which weighs it down, amidst the twilight grey 
 
 And daidv, tlie fre([uent sail of tishing craft 
 
 Or Basque or Breton loomed. There, a'ons long, 
 
 Great fleets of bergs, freighted on Arctic shores, 
 
 Sailing with rending shock of glaciers vast, 
 
 Ha<l (h'(i])])(>d their stony burdens in the deptii 
 
 And shallowed up tiie black abysm, and made 
 
 Fit home for finny trilies innumeral)le. 
 
 Beyond this dim and melancholy veil 
 
 Of mist, enshrouding all the Western Sea, 
 
 But few had cared to ])ierce ; for legcmds dread 
 
 Haunted the rock-l)ound coast. The Demon's Isle 
 
 Guarded the northern passage. In the tliick air 
 
 The shuddering sailors heard the shrieks and liowl;^ 
 
 Of iiends malignant, high o'er roar of waves. 
 
 Torturing the souls of men, whose l)atterecl bones 
 
 Were beaten small in seethe and hiss of foam, 
 
 Grinding for ever on the shelving rocks 
 
 That skirt the dreary coast of Helluland. — ^ 
 
 Nor there alone, for ghostly teachers tokl 
 
 How, when the lilessed sa\ ing (h'oss of Christ 
 
 Swept over Europe, all the evil tiends 
 
 In terror tied to the West ; and still we see 
 
 Jll-omen'd and distorted struggling sha])es 
 
 Of gnt)mes and goblins frozen into stone 
 
 In forms fantastic on the western fronts 
 
 Of high cathedrals. So the demons fled, 
 
 And, sheltered by impeniitrable mists, 
 
 Over the whitening bones of drowned men, 
 
 On gloomy forest shore oi- rocky coast, 
 
 Held hideous carnival. 
 
 With steadfast mind 
 Into this hidden world sailed Cham])lain. Few before 
 Had followed up St. Lawrence mighty flood. — 
 Bas(pie whalers, pressing hard their monstrous prey, 
 Or traders to a saMige rendezvous 
 At Tadoussac, held for a few short weeks 
 Of summer ; else deserted all the year. 
 No trader he — our sailor — loftier thoughts 
 His bosom swelled : to trace the setting stin 
 
 " Helluland : The name given by the Northmen to Labrador. 
 
 Si^u9i 
 
up liis l)ro!i(l pjilli of waters to his liome 
 
 In that fai" Wcistern Ocean — restful — calm — 
 
 Which laves the shores of rich Cathay, and breathes 
 
 Spice-laden odours towards the realms of Ind. 
 
 Nor this alone ; — to bear the Cross of Christ, 
 
 Still con<[ueriiig and to conquer all, until 
 
 The demons, routed in their last retreat 
 
 In the gloomy Nortli, should hie them henceforth down 
 
 To their own seats, nor harass mankind more. 
 
 A wide experience trained him for such task. 
 
 In Henry's cause he eariuMl a soldier's fame, 
 
 Wlien the white plume i' the thick of battle danced 
 
 And bore the rising fortune of Navarre 
 
 Where conflict raged the flercest. Peace ensured, 
 
 The adventurous saihn- l)lood whicli cours(,'d 
 
 In all his race resumed its sway, and urged 
 
 Him on to l)old emprise i' the Western Sea. 
 
 His skill had steered his ever-pr(.«s)»erous barque 
 
 Through all the mazes of tlie S])anish main 
 
 And all its wealth of islands. He had trod, 
 
 IJefore the Aztec glory died away, 
 
 The streets of Cortez' citv, and his ])en 
 
 And ready pencil made report of all 
 
 The wonders marked Ijy his observant eye. 
 
 Northwards, his venturous skill had traced the coast 
 
 Of N(n"end)egue,^ and borne on rusliing tides 
 
 Had searched the Bay of Fundy to its dtipths, 
 
 And noted Ouygoudy's'* wondrous stream 
 
 Flow in and outwai-ds with a double fall. 
 
 Noi- was he wanting in those gentler arts 
 
 Which bind men each to other. Oft the woods 
 
 Wlucli overhang I'ort Iloyal's liasin^ rang 
 
 With laugliter of his joyous l)and, and rang 
 
 The steep escarped barrier to the Nortli 
 
 With echoes of their hunters' music. There — 
 
 Where tiie resistless tides of Fundy pour 
 
 Swift throu'di a narrow cleft, and sudden till 
 
 To tlie brim the basin and tlie long-drawn vale 
 
 ' Noreinbegue : The name given in Champlain's time to the north-east 
 eoast of New Kngland. 
 
 * Oviygouily : IniUan name of the River 8t. Johii, recorded in C'ham- 
 plain's Voyages. It oan be entei'ed at half tide oidy. At low- 
 tide there in a fall ontM'ards, and at high tide a fall from the sea 
 inwards over a ledge of roek. 
 
 ^' I'ort Royal : Now Annapoli.s, in Nova Scotiji. 
 
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Far inland — there, witli feasting, song, {ind talc 
 They wore one winter out, till spring returned 
 Too soon, to call them from tiuiir restful ease 
 To the g^'eat task. 
 
 For now the hour had come, 
 The birth-hour of a nation doomed to pass 
 Through many wars and changes great, until, 
 By God's mysterious })r()videnees blessed. 
 The littl(5 seedling — planted now in faith, 
 And through long weary years watered with tears 
 And l)lood — deep-rooted, broad and strong, should spread 
 A stately tree, its ])ranches East aiul West 
 From the stern surges of the Atlantic coast 
 To that mysterious nuirgin — dreamy bound, 
 Of the great tranquil ocean, where lie hid 
 The secrets of the sunset, and the sun 
 Renews his strength to dawn on Eastern lands. 
 
 As throiigh the curtain grey of ice and mist 
 Brake Cham])lain, on his right emerged Cape Eay, 
 llepellent with its walls of beetling clitts, 
 Their level summits clad with lingering snow, 
 Ih'illiantly chill. To the left, clothed with black spruce, 
 The frowning mountains of Cape Breton rose 
 Steep from the oce;in. Isle St. Paul lay close, 
 Dense-wooded, scarce distinguished from the mass 
 ^Oi the larger mountains.!/ Through this gateway grim 
 He sailed into St. Lawrence' broadeninu; y;ulf ; 
 Nor paused until the mighty buttressed peak 
 Of Alount St. Anne, thrust througli its robe of green 
 And dyed witli iron hues of ochrey red, 
 Flamed in the sunrise. Perc(^. Rock below. 
 Like some Titanic ruin, lit by the sun. 
 Whose rays streamed througli the double arches, lay 
 Its huge mass stretched along ; its cloudy top 
 Clamorous with sea fowl. On he sailed, and passed 
 The coast of Honguedo,*^ dark with pines, 
 And high above the river flood, which washed 
 Its craggy shores. Far north, the cruel teeth 
 Of Manicougan's fateful reef just showed 
 Through the long line of breakers. Short his stay 
 At Tadoussac. With favouring wind and tide 
 He stemmed the flowing current, till he reached 
 
 " Honguedo : Name for Oasp^ in the oldest maps. 
 
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 That wondrous Strait, where close th' o])|)(»sin« 
 
 To build tlie stately jxtrtal of tlie W(!St. 
 
 There ! at the loot of that stupendous ro( k, 
 
 Which towers abov.^ a basin slieh,ei(!d round 
 
 By mountains slowly stoopiii}^ from tlieir heijjjlits 
 
 In terraces of verdure to Uie deep 
 
 And ever-tran(iuil water. — In that charmed spo*: 
 
 Of solemn l)eauty was tlie cradle placed 
 
 Of our ( 'anadian Kmpire. (Irand the site 
 
 And great the founder ! Mark his forehead calm — 
 
 His serious eyes, but prone to gleam with mirth 
 
 As tit to gaze on danger — resolute mouth, 
 
 Adorned with trim moustache and courtly beard, 
 
 Showing a man as skilled and apt to tread 
 
 The gallant IJcarnais' court as the slant deck, 
 
 Slippery with foam and ice, when northern storm 
 
 Swoops on the treacherous Gulf, and through the dark 
 
 Aloft the demons hurtle through the air 
 
 With hiss and shriek. The frozen cordage sticks 
 
 In the icy block, and struck by the impetuous seas, 
 
 The frail baKjue shudders to her lowest keel. 
 
 One little Hght, ak; ' in all that world 
 
 Of bl.icknciss, gleams to light the magic card 
 
 That points the course ; and there his quiet eyes 
 
 Are fixed. Ikit, in his heart, whether at sea 
 
 Or at the coviit or in the savage camp, 
 
 The light oi duty ever slione supreme. 
 
 Nor swerved his steady course or here or there. 
 
 And such a site whereon to plant the tree 
 
 Of rising empire ! Holds this varied world 
 
 No peer to its majestic beauty. Look ! 
 
 Those solenni hills, which close the distance dim 
 
 Of the far horizon, how their contours, cl(»^hed 
 
 With summer foliage, smile as they slo})e wn, 
 
 Bathed in the sunlight, to the j ippling flood 
 
 AVhich laps their bases ; and the azure vault 
 
 Mirrors its brightness with the changing hues 
 
 Of blue and purple in the dimpling waves. — 
 
 An amphitheatre, whose circles vast 
 
 Rise upwards froni the central basin, reared 
 
 For high assembly of tlie earlier gods. 
 
 And Zeus' high seat might rest upon the Cape 
 
 And dominate the concourse. All the scene 
 
 Was clad in summer's livery. Blue in the sky 
 
 And water ; on the bills a living green 
 
 Sheening to yellow in the twinkling birch 
 

 
 And fjloomiii.u' in tlie pinos — all ,nltnvin<^' tints 
 OF the ii|)]»t'i iiiIiiIhiw, t'oi' llii' iiiitiinin Imcs 
 (-)i' ci'iiiiSdii, ^old and .scarli'l vvcic not ye'l. 
 
 Time fails ; nor is it now iny task to toll 
 The liihours and the; anxious t(»il and want 
 Which thicatonc'd year by your to crusii (^)u('l>uc — 
 For so in In<lian s])ei'('h was called iIk! Strait 
 Where nionnliuns curb St. Tawrcnce waters in 
 Jiel'ore the btisin wid<iis, and the name 
 Was <^iven to the city, ('hanii)hun's c.u'e 
 Ur^'ed on the work, and his far-seiiing eyes 
 Prepare! I for every dan}.(er. Still he strove 
 To learn the secrets of tlwit ji.lorious land 
 Of woods and waters, on whose threshold stood 
 His infant city ; now, by (luestioninn-s close 
 Of friendly natives; then, devoiil of fear, 
 In bark canoe, with Indian guides, he dared 
 To trace Ottawa's^ rapid current, up 
 Almost to Lake Teniiscamnn.L,'ne, its source ; 
 Then, mounting' to Ni[)issini>'s w'cary lake, 
 Swiftly he sjhhI the ra])id river down, 
 And reached that l)iiy of wizard beauty, wherc^ 
 The fre([uent islets seem to float, so like. 
 In calms, the upi)er and the nether blue; 
 Thence he exi)lore,d iMuskoka's rocky ^Icns, 
 Threaded by cryslid streamlets and ad(jrncd 
 W^ith lakes of (gleaming silver. West and south — 
 Still onward — to a lovely garden land, 
 Fair even in winter. On its farther verge 
 A bold escarpment overlooks a [jlain. — 
 And, on long sunnner days, the gladdened eye 
 Dwells on a scene of Iteanty stretched below 
 Still richer. Like a billowy sea of smiling green 
 The woodlands wave below, and, far oil', sweep 
 To distant she (res of mighty land-locked seas — 
 The bourne to which tlie s})irits of the dead 
 Addressed of yore their journey lojie ; nor reached 
 I>nt after weary tra\ el. Thence lie turned 
 And dwelt a winter 'mong tlie guileful tribes 
 Of Hurons. Joining in their distant wai's. 
 He traversed all the centre of our land 
 
 '' Ottawa : These Indian woi-tls were generally accented upon the 
 penultiniate syllable, as Ton'.nto. In Niagara we thi'ow hack the 
 Indian accent which pronounced ^'iagara. 
 
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 Willi a wild swiii'iii of iKiiiitcl WMiTiors fierce, 
 
 FI(>cI<iii<^', ill linhi ciiiiocs, liki- wild fowl wt 
 
 On aMtuniii joiinicy lo iIk; soulli. He ))as.s('d 
 
 Ul) Sev(!nr« stream and o'er Toronto^ lake, 
 
 Whose iniriored Hhadovv.s, opalescent, glowed 
 
 Willi treiinilous colour as the paddles dip|)ed 
 
 And tiu'iied, disturhing all the magic scenes 
 
 Of sylvan heanty in ils depths i)rofoiiiid. 
 
 Still southwards tlown the rushing Trent iie iiruiid 
 
 His frail canoe; at times through level lakes, 
 
 Shooting, at times, down rapids. t^)uiek the eye 
 
 And firm the wrist to hold the steady course 
 
 On the smooth cunent's crest. lUit where the stream, 
 
 With glassy torrent, glides nnrnllled down 
 
 And hackwards swirls in foam against the rocks, 
 
 Then, landing on the narrow rugged trail, 
 
 O'er houlders wet and slippery with s])ray. 
 
 And stooping 'neatli the hrushwood overhead. 
 
 He, with his savage guides, their hurdens hore 
 
 Down lli(^ i»ortage's weary siee}), until 
 
 The qniet water called iliem to emhavk. 
 
 At length he reached a ])lace 'twixt verdurous hanks 
 
 The loveliest which ()ntari(»'s waters hold, 
 Where Quinte's matchlcsss hay uurullled smiles. 
 
 So passed his bnsy life : unselfish toil 
 
 His chief enjoyment. Many things he learned 
 
 liy fre([uent journeys with his .savage friends, 
 
 And in cami)aigns against their Indian foes. 
 
 He first ex])lored the lake which hcjirs his name. 
 
 First to his eyes the dee]) i)ellucid men,'. 
 
 Of Hen-icon revealed its beauty. Much 
 
 He learned from Indian hunters. All the North 
 
 He mapped with rare |>recision. Known to him 
 
 Was that great inland ocean whither llow 
 
 The cheerless streams of drear Estotiland ;■' 
 
 Where Mistassini trails his sinuous coils 
 
 Of waters, circling ileserts hare and frore, 
 
 And yields again unto the chilling night 
 
 The steely glitter of a million stars. 
 
 Meantime, l)y often vo}aging to France, 
 
 He urged his infant country's pressing needs, 
 
 " Toroiito'.s Lake : The name of Lake Toronto i.s given in the old French 
 
 niap.s to Lake Sinicoe. 
 " Estotiland : The old name given to the interior of Labrador which 
 
 grains into Hudson Bay. 
 
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 And so his work grew strong. He ever loved 
 
 The Ocean, and upon her rocking breast 
 
 She l)ore him always safely ; never harm 
 
 Befel liim there. He loved our country most, 
 
 And when God called him, there he laid his head 
 
 In peace upon licr l)osom. And his work 
 
 Still prospered — till tiiere came an evil time 
 
 Wiien bigot counsels sapped the strength of France, 
 
 And drove to exile many a faithful heart 
 
 And stalwart arm ; and faith grew i'aint, and fraud 
 
 And peculation snn'rched the lily tiag, 
 
 And avarice and greed stalked tlirouLdi the bind. 
 
 Tlien died the love of duty. In its ])lace 
 
 Arose the point of honour. Poor ex(;hange ! 
 
 For honour is self-centred — duty lives 
 
 From man to God. So all the West was lost 
 
 To France. But (Jham])lain's work survives ; for still, 
 
 Though from Cape Diamond's lofty })eak no more 
 
 Floats the White Flag, his dear-loved mother tongue 
 
 Still flourishes, pervading all the land 
 
 He travelled ; and iiis faith still lives — devout, 
 
 Yet tolerant here, as in the iiappy days 
 
 Before the fatal rev(jcation knelled 
 
 The waning power of France ; and still survive 
 
 The biws and customs of the France he knew. 
 
 Sans peitr d smi.<t reproche — thou, blest of Gt '. ! 
 
 Thy name still dwells unsullied. Never spot 
 
 Of greed, or cowardice, or lust, or hate 
 
 Stained thy white scutcheon. Swiftly sped tliy soul 
 
 Up the dread circles, where the liealing tlnnies 
 
 Purge out the lingering dross and mai<e m n pure 
 
 To bear tlie garmenis oi the searc hing light 
 
 In courts of heavenly glory. Worthy thou, 
 
 To be a nation's founder ! and nuiy we 
 
 Be not unwortliy of thee ! May thy faith 
 
 In our Dominion's fortunes, and thy truth 
 
 And love of duty guide us on our course. 
 
 So shall our country llourish — thine as ours — 
 
 So long- 
 
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 ;)nger. 
 
 S. E. Dawson, 
 
 Montreal, Dec. 13, 1890.