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 Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canatia in the year one 
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 1. (Frontispiece.) " The tub struck" A. Voot J. 11. Walkkr. 
 
 5. "VVilliani Hlyth was a scapo-graco" ".I. .S.\xdham .J. U. Walkkr. 
 
 8. " llc'd cpen sailore on shore, and out oa I „, r .. 
 
 the spree ' | W. L. Iiua.hkb J. Guuldbn. 
 
 11. "He caid, AVilliam, I think this impri- I ,, c, 
 
 sonnicut quwr ' / "• ^andham ILSandhaji. 
 
 12. "Thero'8 a hurricane coming, let's short- » ,, „. ^ .. , , 
 
 • en sail" f. ] '1- fcANDHAM J. H. Walkkb 
 
 13. "There's mil and the tub gone overboard". 11. Sandham J. 11. Walkeu. 
 
 16. " For lie was so tickled, ho laughed out- 1 ,„ , t- 
 
 right" pV^- L. JRABRB J. II. Walkhr. 
 
 18. " And the moon shone aloft liko a factory \ ,, „ 
 
 cheese" | "• Sandham j. H. Walkku. 
 
 20. "His spirit is out on the mountain bird- 
 nesting' 
 
 24. "Or she might have been thirsty and 
 
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 25. "And the cow ran away just like wink 
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 27. " But was roui^ed from the «woon by a 
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 If, ill Huliijiitting iho i'ollowing i)Opms to tlio imMio, t)i<> !uithor 
 wore to mako loud protestations of diflidenco and import imatc 
 entreati<'.s for lenient treatment, he would exactly conform to the 
 established rules of preface writing. Ho i)refer8, however, to state 
 in a few words, the circumstanct! which led him to the ollbrt of 
 which the princii)al tale is the I'osult. 
 
 Some years ago, a stray waif iloated in the British press. — for 
 aught he knows it may have crossed the Atlantic, — which hr. 
 thought exceedingly suggestive, lie took occasion at the time to 
 mention it to .some of his literary friends in TiOndon as a good 
 ground-work ior an illustrated poem; huc as no one has, to hih 
 knowledge, taken up the subject, he has ventured to handle it 
 himself, in his own crude an<l imperfect way. He htlieves it is 
 the iirst attempt in the w.iy of illustrated versification in tliis 
 Dominion, and if its shortcomings stinui'ate others to more sue" 
 cessful ciibrts in that direction, he will claim no higher merit 
 than that of being the pioneer. The author tenders liis grateful 
 acknowledgment to the artists who, in the most generous manner, 
 rendered their assistance. 
 
 'fho shorter pieces, with some exceptions, \v\vv. appealed in 
 Cana<^lian journals, and some of them have mot with so flattering a 
 re(ieption as to induce the writer to beliovc that their reproduction 
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 William TJlytli Avas a scape-grace, — as many boys an 
 
 Who with prudence and forethought was always at war ; 
 
 His genius was active : I've heard, or have read, 
 
 That his grandma was nervous ; his father was dead ; 
 
 And his mother, released from connubial vows, 
 
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 Who gave hor a heart, somewhat hard and obtuse, 
 In exchange for her furniture ready for use. 
 
 Now William, like others, without leave '.vould roam. 
 
 And be absent when father-the-second came home ; 
 So he of the step, which stop-father should be. 
 
 Said, '' To save the lad's morals, we'll send him to sea." 
 
 So his mother, his naughty inclinings to check, 
 
 Had him bound to a nautical friend in Quebec. 
 
 She gave him, at parting, a lock of the hair 
 
 That he wore when a baby — 'twas all she could spare ; 
 
 And his grandmother gave him, to keo him from h'^^in, 
 
 A st»*'" ' of her blessings, as long as his arm. 
 
 With a tiny bone instrument meant for depriving 
 
 Of their lodgings small insects, to keep theiii from thvivin 
 
 And his step-father gave him, by way of a troat, 
 
 A very grim smile that was meant to be sweet ; 
 
 But our hero divined, what was meant by this fooling 
 
 Was the saving of food and the cost of his schooling ; 
 
 For he felt that his second-hand sire was transported 
 
 At the thought of his ready-made son being exported ; 
 
 Which brought Bill reflections, by no means benignant, 
 
 And his indigence made him feel sad and indignant ; 
 
 For he knew his half-father's affections ./ere slim — 
 
 He seem'd not the tliird of a father to him 
 
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 As he came with Bill's mother, to see him depart, 
 With nought of remorse in his obdurate heart. 
 Though he knew that the scene her emotions would stir, 
 When the last link was snapt 'twixt his father and her ; 
 And Bill would have observed, had he only known how. 
 As the tug, with a sigh, took the vessel in tow, 
 That freedom lived hence, and banishment here. 
 As Kent's made to say in the play of King Lear. 
 Then he heaved a bitter sigh, 
 
 As the tear stood on his cheek, 
 And he bade them " ax " his eye. 
 
 With a half despairing shriek ; 
 He felt himself forsaken. 
 
 While thus drifting to the sea, 
 Like a tender leaflet shaken 
 From the life sustaining tree. 
 'Twas a blast of passion's trumpet, that fierce and angry 
 
 scream. 
 An incidental vapour, from affection's pent up stream. 
 For he saw his mother suffer, 
 
 And he felt his mothor's pain. 
 And he hated the " old buffer " 
 That had rent their loves in twain. 
 And the tear — she tried to kiss it 
 
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 BVoni his lluslii'd and Hiib)>y cliuok, 
 But ho atoopM lii.H head to ininn it, 
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 .He'd seen saibrs on shore, and out on the spree, 
 
 With pants loose at bottom, and tight at the knee, 
 
 Hiring cabs for the nonce, and behaving so funny, 
 
 And otherwise foolishly spending their money. 
 
 He had seen, at the theatre, a tar raise a racket, 
 
 With lots of white tape on the seams of his jacket, 
 
 With very' white '' ducks," — aye, as white as a sheet ; 
 
 With very tight shoes, upon very small feet, 
 
 Calling landsmen " Land Lubbers," and " Swabs, " and all 
 
 that. 
 Making love in sea terms, and cutting it fat. 
 With a beauty made up of carmine and vermilion, 
 In a movable cottage, or pasteboard pavilion, 
 Where he bade her <' heave too ! " and " haul taut " and 
 
 " belay, " 
 
 With other sea jargon quite out of the way, 
 
 Which the audience cheer'd, and accepted with glee. 
 
 As 'twas novel, rechercM, and smelt of the sea. 
 
 So William resolved that, by hook or by crook, 
 
 He'd come home to the stage, like the late Mr. Cook 
 
 Who play'd at the Surrey in London, so fine. 
 
 And all otliers outshone in the maritime line. 
 
 Then he had been an actor himself, in a form. 
 
 As a sixpenny wave in a canvas-made storm ; 
 
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 And he prided himself on his acting as such, 
 Although sacked for his rolling and pitching too much. 
 So he put on a lot of theatrical airs, 
 And was dancing a jig when the crew were at prayer-!. 
 
 Now the captain, a pious and excellent man, 
 
 To punish the sinner invented a plan ; 
 
 He looked on the act as a sin and a folly, 
 
 But he could not rope's-end him, the boy Avas so jolly ; 
 
 He might even himself have done worse in his day. 
 
 For, though pious, he still was a wag, in his way, 
 
 Believing religion was never designed 
 
 To banish all innocent joy from the mind. 
 
 So at last he determined the boatswain to ask 
 
 To have Billy confined in an old water-cask ; 
 
 Which was done when the barrel was cleared of its dirt. 
 
 He was fed through the bung-hole, by means of a squirt. 
 
 As the boatswain look'd on, 'twixt a squint and a leer. 
 
 He said, " William, I think this imprisonment queer ; 
 
 I'm in trouble, and really it makes me repine, 
 
 To see you shut up like our junk in the brine ; 
 
 To see a smart youth, though erratic and fickle. 
 
 Confined in a cask, like a herring in pickle. 
 
 The crew are in trouble, to see a bright boy 
 
 Deprived of his freedom, for dancing with joy. 
 
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 The captain's in trouble, for l)oing a barbarian, 
 
 Not at all as a man, — as a disciplinarian. 
 
 The clouds are in trouble, you sec how they fly ; 
 
 It rains," — then said Bill, " They're beginning to cry." 
 
 Then up the corapanion the rough skipper came. 
 
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 And lie said, — ''Now, my hearties, be up an<l bo doing. 
 
 There's a storm in the offing; ; Old Neptune is brewing ; 
 
 I perceive by the yeast on our starboard rail, 
 
 There's a hurricane coming, let's shorten sail. 
 
 The clouds are surcharg'd, and the atmosj)here thickens. 
 
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 Then scarce had the order a moment been given, 
 When from tremulous spars the new canvas was riven, 
 
 And a wave cleared the deck of the vessel, — and she 
 
 Like one half " seas over " rolled about in the sea. 
 
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 The shout and the shriek made the captain quail ; 
 
 *' That tub", said the mate, " sure has gone to the whale.'' 
 Though Bill's chances were slim, his heart's fortitude grew. 
 
 While his castles of air were receding from view, 
 
 Hope buoy'd him up that he'd yet reach the shore. 
 
 But his buoy was like Hood's buoy that floats at the Norc. 
 
 And while his frail bark, like a cork on the ocean. 
 
 Was playing the game of perpetual motion. 
 
 By a dexterous movement, still keeping his eye 
 
 On his one ventilator, he sighted the sky ; 
 
 And his hand so elastic, so limber and young, 
 
 Just fitted the orifice made for the bung, 
 
 Which he used for a stopper, with exquisite care ; 
 
 And he breathed through his fingers at intervals rare. 
 
 Thus he traversed in safety the untrodden path, 
 
 Till Boreas had ceased to exhibit his wrath ; 
 
 And he offered a prayer, it was heartfelt and true, 
 
 To Him who alone could the ocean subdue ; 
 
 And he promised repentance, and vowed to reform. 
 
 As men often do when they're caught in a storm ; 
 
 But was roused from his prayer by a ravenous shark, 
 
 \Vho came to survey the contents of the ark ; 
 
 And he licked his lips with a relish so sweet, 
 
 As if he had said, *' let us look at the meat ;" 
 
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 And close to the hung-liole he placed his eye, 
 And he gazovl upon William provokinglj sly ; 
 When William, who thoujiht that his life he midit win 
 
 From the shark, with his fore-fin'zer tickled his fi 
 
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 And the shark gan to smile, 'le was feeling so good 
 
 That he almost forgot he was looking for food : 
 
 And he did not at all feel inclined to bite, 
 
 Vov he was so tickled, he laugh'd outright : 
 
 And he wriggled about in a whimsical wav. 
 
 As if he would fain have said, " William, good day : 
 
 Vou are really so funny upon the hole, (whole) 
 
 'T would be cruel to eat you, upon my soul. 
 
 With a slap of my tail I could stave the tub, 
 
 liut I fear I could not resist the grub." 
 
 i [o did not say this, but there's no doubt he would 
 
 1 fave spoken in this wise, — that is, if he could. 
 
 With a satisfied smile, he frolick'd so f^ailv. 
 
 ^Vhich stiowed him a fish that was not very scaly. 
 
 When he saw Bill's condition, he paused and relented,. 
 
 To prove that a shark's not' so bad as he's painted : 
 
 And that even a fish, whose instincts incline 
 
 To a human re[)ast, may be had in a line. 
 
 And the shark view'd the tub, as ho sail'd through the biinc 
 
 As a drunkard oft looks at a tavern sign, 
 
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 Bat Bill fear'd, as he thought of the shark's constitution, 
 That he yet might return just to " treat resolution." 
 And he said, as he took his last look of the sliark, 
 " I wish I lay snug in some gentleman's park." 
 
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 Now the billows were still, and likewise the breeze. 
 
 And the moon shone aloft like a factory cheese, 
 
 With a transparent rind all of burnished ghiss, 
 
 Illumined with jets of invisible gas. 
 
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 Ho was puL'kisli, the V()ya;i<' lia<l liis a|»|)ctitc whetted, 
 
 iiiit !i voico seemed to say, '' don't you wish you may jj;et it!' 
 
 Tlioro was jilonty of watt^r, l»ut not any f'ooil ; 
 
 And the water was rather too salt to 1)0 ;^<iod. 
 
 I besides, it was not the sea salt he reijuirod ; 
 
 The '• salt of the earth," was what William desired. 
 
 And he wish'd that some fish of a kiml disposition, 
 
 WouM assist him in this his forlorn condition. 
 
 He somewhere had read of that fabidous story, — 
 
 A story so old that it's time it were hoary — 
 
 l)Ut the narrative told him in language so plain. 
 
 'Ihat dolphins at times had boon very humane ; 
 
 That this fish on occasions was very officious 
 
 In seconding shipwrecked mariners' wishes. 
 
 And he wished they their goodness and [>rowess would tax, 
 
 ]5y taking him in to the shon* on their hacks ; 
 
 r>ut none of these very kind fishes came nigh, 
 
 Perhaps they had some other fishes t(t fry. 
 
 And ho hoped against hope, like a jolly young brick, 
 
 l)\it alas I hope deferred made the mariner sick, — 
 
 For using the term " brick' 1 own to a pang 
 
 For I borroA-'d tha word from the language of slang: 
 
 And against all such vulgar admissions I've striven. 
 
 So I hope by my readers 1 may be forgiven. 
 
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 As they've known others flounder in flights more sublime, 
 
 For want of a figure to piece out the rhyme. 
 
 With the blush of the rose on his cheek, fresh and youni^. 
 
 While the moonbeams were playing bo-peep through the bun.i:- 
 
 Hole, on a form young and fair, as he lay 
 
 A study for sculptors, of genuine clay, — 
 
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 As he lay in his prison alone, and so lonely, 
 
 The features were chiselled by God, and Ilim only ; 
 
 And fresh from the Author of everytliing ;^rand. 
 
 The clay was original, not second-hand. 
 
 There was juvenile beauty enough to doliglit 
 
 The lady of any Canadian knight ; 
 
 And her lord, if ho had but an eye for tlic heatititul, 
 
 And to youth in distress had a mind to be dutilid 
 
 And to earn his spurs, had b'^en put to his shifts; 
 
 But our kniglitships are simply political gifts. 
 
 But he Avished, and he ventured to whisj)cr a prayer, 
 
 For his mother's once loving, and tendcrest care, 
 
 With the voice of an angel, to sing him to sleep, 
 
 As fainting he lay on the fathomless deep. 
 
 E'en the tempest suspended its power to destroy, 
 
 For the elements felt for the fatherless boy ; 
 
 And the stars whispered love, from their home in the sky. 
 
 And the Avavcs round his tub sang a soft lullaby ; 
 
 And the surge soothed the embryo sailor to rest, 
 
 Like a sport- wearied child, on its fond mother's breast, — 
 
 I'm trying the sublime in this theme I'm pursuing, 
 
 It's finer than I'm in tho habit of doing ; 
 
 It may introduce me to higher connections 
 
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 When lie shows his Bubscrilters, hy specimens true, 
 All the wonders Canadian poets can do. 
 In his very next volume he'll j^ive mo a nook. 
 If I'll only consent to subscribe for his book. 
 1 digress, and the fact I must own and bewail, 
 For it really has nothing to do with my tale. 
 
 Well, our hero 's asleep, and he dreams at his ease, 
 
 Like a juvenile type of Diogenes, 
 
 That his youthful playmates all come at his call, 
 
 The boys that he played with in Montreal; 
 
 And while his young limbs steep'd in slumber are resting. 
 
 His spirit is out on the mountain bird-nesting ; 
 
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 And anon in exuberant fancy he feels 
 
 Himself in Victoria Square with the seals, 
 
 And watching the fountains, admiring their flow, 
 
 As he looks at the clock that refuses to go. 
 
 And he stares on the river so broad and sublime, 
 
 There wasn't a flood or a " shove" at the time ; 
 
 For of winter's endearments the river was clear, 
 
 There were no " photographers " with cameras near. 
 
 To paint with the sunbeams, these pictures so nice. 
 
 Of the great inundations and mountains of ice. 
 
 When the land to the water succumbs with dismay, 
 
 And the fluid, for the time, has it all its own way, 
 
 Intrudes into chambers, and rushes up stairs. 
 
 And such visits they seem to think pleasant affairs, 
 
 And they send home the " photo's" to let their friends know. 
 
 That it's pleasant to live amidst water and snow. 
 
 Though it leaves a miasma to nourish disease ; 
 
 Through the freaks of those Upper Canadian stas, 
 
 Where a man may see '• Ulows Li threatening commotion, 
 
 And be shipwreck'd a long way removed from the ocean. 
 
 And the shore of St. Lambert loom'd out to his view, 
 
 While his mother embraced him so tenderly true, 
 
 And his faithful dog Toby was licking his hand, — 
 
 Whc ' '.is tubular vessel went bump on the strand 
 
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 Then he bawl'd through the bung-hole with terrible shout 
 
 Like that starling of Sterne's, " ! I cannot get out." 
 
 But no one came near him to set him at large ; 
 
 There was no gentle Haidee to take him in charge, 
 
 And e'en had there been such an angelic creature, 
 
 Of his face she could scarce have distinguish a feature. 
 
 Or have told as he thus lay concealed from her view, 
 
 If his eyes were of haze', of black, or of blue ; 
 
 Nor yet, as he lay in the da 'kness immersed, 
 
 If his nose were a Roman, or Roman reversed. 
 
 But one thing she could tell without trying to guess. 
 
 That the sound from the tub was a wail of di:^ iress, 
 
 To rouse all her feminine instincts to duty, 
 
 And pity, and love, irrespective of beauty ; 
 
 For woman a ministering angel was born. 
 
 To succour the lonely, distressed and forlorn ; 
 
 She for this was desi^^ned by Heaven and the Fatee- 
 
 Ana was always on hand in that war in the States. 
 
 But there, I must own, 'tis a humble confession, 
 
 I hit V strayed from my subject by this brief digression, 
 
 V/hicn some may object to as all out of season. 
 
 And not at all welcome in rhyme or in reason. 
 
 Well, our hero was puzzled, and sadly perplex'd 
 
 To think of the plan he should fall upon next ; 
 
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 So he thump'd on the tub, a regular bumper, 
 
 There never was known a more earnest tub thumper : 
 
 Though such pray for release from the world and its jiain. 
 
 William prayed to return to the world once again ; 
 
 But the " cream of the earth" so select and so precious. 
 
 Stick to life and its troubles with hold as tenacious 
 
 As sinners with nothing, in prose or in metre, 
 
 As a recommendation to holy St. Peter. 
 
 A truce with this jesting, in language that's plain. 
 
 I own that such jesting seems rather profane. 
 
 Now in William's position he saw, at a glance, 
 
 Of existence he had not e'en the ghost of a chance, 
 
 When a cow that was grazing in that direction, 
 
 And chewing the cud, it might be of reflection. 
 
 Came up to the tub in that calm, stolid way 
 
 Peculiar to cows that go out on survey ; 
 
 'Twas a sort of a grim philosophical leer, 
 
 As if she had said," how the deuce came you hero ': 
 
 It may be of some dreadful story a link ;" 
 
 Or she might have been thirsty and wanted to drink. 
 
 Still she walk'd round the tub pursuing her study. 
 
 Perhaps, ' twas to see if the water was muddy. 
 
 When a mammoth and musical bluebottle flv. 
 
 Relentless of heart and with blood in his eye, 
 
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 Inserted his fangs in a delicate part 
 
 Of the cow , and made the poor animal start 
 
 With his rudeness, no blood-thirstj fly could be ruder, 
 
 And she whisk'd round her tail to remove the intruder ; 
 
 When the tail on the tub, by a merciful roll. 
 
 While returning at leisure slipped into the hole 
 
 And was seized on by Bill, with an agonised pull 
 
 Which made the cow feel that her tail made a bull. 
 
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A TALE OF THE SEA. 
 
 Bill was powerful of fist, 
 And strong in the wrist, 
 And the cow ran away just like winking ; 
 
 Said he, " I'ra in luck 
 
 And as blithe as a buck, 
 
 For the cow has a master, I'ra thinking. 
 
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 When her speed 'gan to fail, 
 He then pinch'd her tail, 
 And she gave all her cow-mates the double 
 He knew cows, like men, 
 Run home, that is when 
 They get themselves deep into trouble. 
 But William's courage fell, 
 
 If the cow had far to run. 
 The tail began to swell, 
 
 And he felt himself undone. 
 Hope whispered in his ear. 
 
 To escape he could not fail ; 
 He now began to fear 
 
 Hope gave a flattering tale (tail) 
 If the tail filled up the hole. 
 
 It would stop his respiration ;. 
 This filled his anxious soul 
 
 With a chilly perspiration ; 
 The tub struck,— -and he was sav'd,— 
 
 Against a friendly tree ; 
 With a blow the tub was stav'd 
 And Bill at last was free ! ! ! 
 Like a withered spring blossom exhausted he lay. 
 
 And enjoyed his freedom by fainting away ; 
 
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 But was rousdl from Wis swoon by a beautiful Yankee 
 
 Who brought dough-nuts and tea, — it was genuine Twan- 
 
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 She had bright eyes, and tresses of auburn hair : 
 
 No painted Madonna was ever so fiiir ; 
 
 And her hair hung in lustrous ringlets adown 
 
 Her snowy white neck, and the hair was her own, 
 
 Which I'm free to confess is a great thing to say. 
 
 And was much to her credit at that time of day. 
 
 And her cheek's vermil tinct far outrival'd the rose, 
 
 And she had a sli^^ht drawl through a classical nose. 
 
 Ah ! she was a sweet model of pure Christianity ; 
 
 An angel of light in the garb of humanity. 
 
 And that garb of the Saxony's best superfine. 
 
 What her countrymen term" the real genume." 
 
 Bill was charmed, and concluded, with some show of reason. 
 
 That to her annexation could never be treason. 
 
 As she bent her small figure with more than urbanity, 
 
 And as William was partial to female humanity 
 
 In brief, and not to imperial measure, 
 
 The size of the gem added zest to his pleasure. 
 
 The Psyches and Venuses all of us prize , 
 
 But there's no speculation in those stony eyes. 
 
 But this one, beyond the mere tint of the skin. 
 
 Had harmony, peace, love and mercy within. 
 
 As he look'd on admiring, bewildered and faint. 
 
 It was beauty that no mortal artist could paint ; 
 
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A TALE OP THE SEA. 
 
 'Twas the rose bud in embryo, tender and new, 
 
 For the rose had not opened out full to the view, 
 
 A beauty that any young eye would adore, 
 
 That had not seen a beauty for some time before. 
 
 It was beauty that none but a Stoic would trace. 
 
 And not perceive mind in the juvenile face. 
 
 And the lad's recent suflferings had made him heroic ; 
 
 For he wasn't by nature a boor or a Stoic. 
 
 And she said, as she gazed on the scene of distress, 
 
 *' We will fall on a plan now to fix you, I guess. 
 
 And I'll stay with you here ; but if you would rather, 
 
 I will have you removed to the house of my father, 
 
 And my mother shall tend you ; pray, smile if content. 
 
 For I guess we rule here by the people's consent." 
 
 Then a smile, faint and feeble, he tried to display ; 
 He was laid on a litter and taken away. 
 
 She nursed him with care and perhaps may have kissed him, 
 
 For the shock had upset both his mind and his system. 
 
 And he spoke incoherently, with this remark, 
 
 " I hope when I die you'll be kind to the shark." 
 
 And he laughed in a sort of hysterical glee. 
 
 Saying "that shark was a very kind fish once to me," 
 
 And he said with a tremor, his voice scem'd to fall, 
 
 *' Though cruel, she was a kind mother withal." 
 
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 When he spoke to his father they seemed to be bickering, 
 
 Then she touched her piano, — it wasn't a Chickering ; 
 
 And she played a soft air, and his fancy took wing, 
 
 The delirious invalid ventured to sing. 
 
 The tones were so tender, the accents so pure, 
 
 That, to her, not the song of a seraph was truer. 
 
 And she smooth'd his lono pillow with sympathies large, 
 
 And she spoke not, she moved not, but thought of her charge, 
 
 With a nature so tender, old Lear calls it " hefted," 
 
 Till raving dehrium and sickness had left it. 
 
 And he thought his young nurse, as he gain'd convalescence. 
 
 Of goodness and truth was the very quintessence. 
 
 And at times, as he gaz'd on her features serene. 
 
 He would think she was Longfellow's Evangeline, 
 
 Who. evokes so much feeling from so many hearts, — 
 
 He had read that she wander'd about in those parts. 
 
 But was roused from his reverie to find her a real 
 
 Material beauty and not an ideal. 
 
 And he dreamt, as thus faint and enfeebled he lay, 
 
 While the clouds of existence seemed fading away. 
 
 That the bright sunny moments were destined to come, 
 
 When her exquisite smile would illumine his home. 
 
 For boys have such dreams, as a youth I have known it. 
 
 In excellent health, but they don't like to own it. 
 
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 E'en girls liavc such dreams, at least, it so said is, — 
 
 I never was much in the secrets of ladies, 
 
 But of hers whom I took, and it's true to the letter, 
 
 *' For better, for worse," and I found it all better. 
 
 Bill mended apace, though he sometimes would sigh, 
 
 As he bask'd in the light of that lustrous eye, — 
 
 An eye that could kill or could cure with a stroke ; 
 
 An eye that could whisper, yet never once spoke. 
 
 But 1 dare not describe all their various doings, 
 
 Willi the slight premonitions of billings and cooings ; 
 
 And how Bill, as he mended, grew reckless and bolder, 
 
 And wished that he were but a year or two older ; 
 
 And how his young nurse tried her feelings to smother, 
 
 When she kissed him, and sent him away to his mother : 
 
 And how he, with the prospect of future enjoyment, 
 
 Saved his cash while he work'd at a useful employment. 
 
 To buy him a home one enchanting and sunny — 
 
 It wasn't in greenbacks but Canada money. 
 
 Though a showman once offered a very large sum 
 
 For his hire, he to all such entreaties was dumb ; 
 
 And he told him, with dignified pride in his glance. 
 
 That his story was real and not a romance ; 
 
 And he said he would not through the country be led. 
 
 To stand to be stared at tor so much a head. 
 
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 y\i»il III" Mil(l(vl, with lire in liis fUMjotits h<» IioM. 
 
 Tliiil \m HiilVcriii^M lie iioviM- would (Miiii into ^oM ; 
 
 IJul rcmiirkM, in ootinlnsion, while imikiiiir his how, 
 
 Thai, if he (IcHinMJ, hr mi^hl. Ikivc Mm old row, 
 
 He wnuld find her in one oF the New Kn/^hind Stnto's, 
 
 VVilh her owne?-, near lloHton, in MiiHHfi(;lmH(;ttH. 
 
 Where he in due lime Went to olaiui hirt sweet hride, 
 
 WIkmi Hhe (|nil(^ eontentetl Huiiled, hhiHJi'd and eoiniilied . 
 
 And the twain weroi#iado one in heart, leelin;j; and nation, 
 
 An excellent way to promote Ann(^xation. 
 
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 This old trefi was a native of Stanstcad, in tho I'liistern Townships, and 
 atood on tlio most olovated apot,--ao said that traditional individual " the 
 oldest inlmbitanf,"— between Boston and Monlroal. In the autnmn 
 which preceded the winter in which tho following lines wore written, the 
 tree gave indications timt were anything h>it re-assuring to the poetical 
 portion of the population. The following spring revealed the and reality 
 that it had " ceased to climb." 
 
 Hail to thee ! joy to thee ! blithe old tree ! 
 
 Thy gnarled and lofty, leafless form 
 And voiceless trunk proclaim with glee, 
 
 Thy strength and thy will to brave the storm ; 
 The sun is awake, and in robes of gold 
 
 Thy topmost branches are livingly roll'd. 
 
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 TIIK 01, I> KI.M TUKK. 
 
 Fame s truiM|) hath not l>la7.(>nM tliy luuligreo, 
 Thy hirtli and story roniaiti \intoM ; 
 
 Mystory olin^j^s to thoo, brave ohl troo! 
 
 With thy "jjlist'ninjj; liolmot of niolton gold : 
 
 Wliilo tliy stalwart arms with jmwor expand, 
 
 Festooned with ice by a snowy hand. 
 
 Thy youthful friends all have tied the scene, 
 And the joyous robin's roundelay 
 
 No more is heard by bis plumed (jueen, 
 On tbe sapling maple's leafy s})ray ; 
 
 And thou, alas I hast ceased to climb, 
 
 Cberished tree of the olden time ! 
 
 The settler's axe batb spared thy stem, 
 
 And 'mongst thy boughs still beauty lingers, 
 
 In many a sun illumin'd gem, 
 
 Unscathed by Time's cftacing fingers ; 
 
 And lightnings flash and storms o'erwhelm. 
 
 But still thou art firm, old monarch elm ! 
 
 Thou'st seen a race to thy youthhood strange, 
 
 Which made thv cumbrous fibres start , 
 
 Thou hast seen the face of nature change, 
 
 And the scalping warrior depart ; 
 
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 Now t't'lidcs ;iW!iko the flowery Icji 
 To tho inilkin.'iid's artlosM ininHtrcIsy. 
 
 The IVa;,'il(> wi;j;wanr.s now tio moro 
 ShcltenMl hy soloinn, .stutisly pino, 
 
 With wulls of l,jtrk, and ^vnnny flo,,,., 
 And ('uiling smoke in tlic sun's dodine, 
 
 And the stricken scjuaw lius ceased to rave, 
 In accents wild for her slaughter'd hravc. 
 
 Thou liast soon the intrepid pioneer, 
 
 Through cheerless, sombre forests roam," 
 
 Through tangled swamps and deserts drear, 
 To plant his lone and pathless home ; 
 
 And thou his sinking heart would'st cheer. 
 
 Old landmark to his log-hut dear ! 
 
 Rising in giant proportions grand, 
 
 Towering with high and heavenward micht 
 
 From Massawippi and Magog's strand. 
 To cheer the weary wanderer's si'^ht • 
 
 No wonder, then, that thou should'st be 
 
 To his offspring still a sacred tree. 
 
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 Time-honoured lord, — affection-crowned 
 
 King of an ancient dynasty, 
 Thy ancient home is hallowed ground, 
 
 Fit theme for fervid minstrelsy; 
 And wandering childhood clings to thee 
 In love, — thou patriarchal tree ! 
 
 The grand-dam with the glazed eyes. 
 
 The wan and weary, wasted sire, 
 In animated mood arise, 
 
 Exhibiting their wonted fire, 
 The mention of thy honoured name 
 Re-animates and feeds the flame. 
 
 Thou silent watcher of the past. 
 
 Mute witness of the changing scene. 
 
 Of all thy brotherhood the last 
 Lone monument of what has been. 
 
 The past and present blend in thee. 
 
 Affection's hallowed, hoary tree. 
 
 What seer had told when thou wert young, 
 
 And verdure clothed thy lissome boughs ; 
 
 And wanton breezes round thee sung, 
 
 And forest children breathed their vows 
 
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THE OLD ELM TREB. 
 
 Beneath thy shade, that thou, forlorn 
 And lone, would'st brave the winter storm ? 
 
 Yet still amid the storm's fell rage, 
 
 N'or ever stooping with fear or care, 
 Thou lookest around in ripe old age, 
 On signs of progress everywhere ; 
 And receivest in thy day's decline. 
 Homage from men of another clime. 
 
 Men of a stalwart, daring band, 
 
 Whose sires had one day dared to flee, 
 
 From tyrant men in their fatherland. 
 In a distant island o'er the sea ; 
 
 And they vanquish'd giant Nature drear, 
 
 The axe alone for their sword and spear. 
 
 Men who, with noble daring, made 
 Yon wilderness a garden fair ; 
 
 Where unremitting toil has spread 
 A smiling landscape, rich and rare, 
 
 With blooming valleys, plains and hills, 
 
 Cascades and currents, lakes and rills. 
 
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 THK OLD KLM TIIKK. 
 
 Not (lottod with i2;a()ls iiml ro,i!;)il liall.M, 
 WluMv witloss lords in cM'tuino slnno, 
 
 Wlioro tiuvsol splomlour'H iijlaro annuls, 
 Whilo strivini!; toilors cravo and nine ; 
 
 V>\\{< gladsonio honiostoads Jill (ho land, 
 
 And honour's hadgo i,s tho horny hand. 
 
 No villai^o poor-houso niarrt Iho so(Mu\ 
 
 WluMv th" poor roooivo thoir dole with scorn, 
 
 With taniishod infants, j;au)it atid loan, 
 And hahos from thoir IVantio n\«>thors torn; 
 
 l^nt niirtli ponuoatos like a sunlight _u;1oam 
 
 In a waking, waniloring n\id-dav dream. 
 
 Still holv Nature's silken cord. 
 
 Binds hearts to thee in mvstery strai\i2;e. 
 Thou aged tree that heavenward soar'd, 
 
 To see the onward, upward change; 
 And thovight proclaims tl\at thy work is done. 
 Thy pulse is still, and thy sands have run. 
 
 But ling' ring hope with a tearful eye. 
 
 Yet looks through glimmering prospects dim, 
 
 For siiins ot lite "monii thy hranches hiich. 
 
 And wonted power in each giant limb. 
 
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Tins OLD K|,M TIIKK. 
 
 And mctliinka I hoar tlio hoII \nrv/,i nii..^ 
 'Mid thy n.atlin^r loavoH in tlio roniin.^ Hn.in.' 
 
 And glowin^r NntiiroH nia;^io cliarniM, 
 'Mid Hinnincr iriHoctH' choorfiil 'mm, 
 
 Oivo Htrongth and power to thy |,ravv,.y arms, 
 IAji- many a hlithoHorno day to conu, ; 
 
 While lovoly Magog'H Howory hn, 
 
 KxhaloH its dowy Iragranoy. 
 
 Ji'«t if thy heart has eea.sed to heat, 
 With strong p.dnationH as of yore, 
 
 Then ho/c like life, we'll hle.sH the cheat, 
 And love thee better than before. 
 
 Good-hye—thon still shalt honourerl he, 
 
 While memory holds, thou waning tree ! 
 
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 KarowoII ! hoar and lonely watclior, 
 
 "^ilcMt witnoHH of the |.ast ; 
 I-)oatM has hiid his m\Miu}r (hi/^rors 
 
 ()n thy a;r,Ml tnink, at liisfc. 
 Towering in thy rogal H|.hMi(lo,ir, 
 
 <^^lin.hinn; Ileavon ward high and higher, 
 Loved hy every maid an.l matron, 
 
 And revered hy yon and wire. 
 
 Link hetwixt the {.asc and pres(>nt, 
 
 Remnant of a hy-gone time, 
 All thy early friends have left thoo 
 
 Li thy solitnde Huhlime. 
 Long hast thou withstood the tempest, 
 
 And defied rude IJoreas' hreath ; 
 Now alas I among thy hranehes 
 Lurks the chilling hand of Death. 
 
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 MONODY ON THE OLD ELM TREE. 
 
 Sprin«j;'s .sweot voice no more sliiill chocr tlicc, 
 With lior lifo insj)irinii; Hound, 
 
 Clotliinii; all tliy limbs witli .^lailncss, 
 On thut sjH)t ot" hallowed i];ro\nul. 
 
 Yot, thoui^h all thy l)on,ii;hs arc lilolcsa. 
 And thy aspoct dull an<l drear, 
 As in life all ln<arts have loved thee. 
 Death has made thee still n>ore dear. 
 
 Then faivwell, de;iarted monareh ! 
 
 Thon,i!;h a hare and barren thing. 
 Shorn of all thy livin<j; iJ;lory, 
 
 AVhere the -hreezc scarce deii2;ns to sin"' ; 
 Still we love thy riL:;id features. 
 
 And thy name shall ever bo 
 Mmgled with onr home aifections, 
 
 Stanstead's honoured, sacred tree I 
 
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'^"X^Hx: ,Kyj{()iNT. ox t)(]c JUnk. 
 
 Och ! what arc you good for, youii;^ Uiddy McShoon ? 
 
 Yon arc hriglit as the (la\viiin;j;, and faircf, I vvooii, 
 
 Your clieek'.s like the roso-hud and swatcr arc none, 
 
 And your eye's like tlio d(nv-dn»i) tliat sparkles thereon. 
 
 But why should I tell you this often tould tale, 
 
 When 1 know hy your ways that yourself knows it well ? 
 
 O you slide like a fairy and skate like a (lueen, 
 
 And that's what you're good for, young Diddy MeSheen, 
 
 There is one would be proud wid yourself for his hride, 
 
 Were the world all a rink and his home hut a slide, 
 
 And your natc rounded ankle, so dashing and })ould, 
 
 Would warm up his lieart when tlie wcatlicr was eould. 
 
 Thin your smart jaunty hat, wid the feather so tall, 
 
 That sits so bewitching on yon Inige Avater-fall, 
 
 Bedizened wid spangles, as if it Avere frozen, 
 
 Makes you good to be look'd at, but not to be chosen. 
 
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 TUK IIKROINE OF THE UINK. 
 
 Ooh ! you're ffiy as a snow-bird wlion snow's on tlio jujrouud, 
 Hut wo can't liave the snow, darUnt, all the year round, 
 And whin soft zephyrs whisper and Uowers are in hlooni. 
 We can't have a rink in our little back room. 
 Whin the violets are winkinii; their eyes at the sun, 
 And lambkins are friskini^ and rividets run. 
 You'll be longing lor winter, that you may be seen 
 In that could dirty rink, fairest Biddy MeSheen. 
 
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 Moreover, I'm thinking its only befitting. 
 
 That wives should know something ov stiching and knittinj;: 
 
 And dancing, though coupknl wid ilirting and prating. 
 
 Is (juite Jis religious and moral as skating. 
 
 'Tis the genuine metal tiiat flasliing api)eals 
 
 To the heart ; — not that metal tluit rings in your heels 
 
 In the rink, where such freezing, — such whooziug appears. 
 
 That Cujiid can't come without risk to his ears. 
 
 Whin Nature's asleep 'neath her blanket ov snow. 
 
 And the mercury's freezing some '■'' thirty below," 
 
 And the river can't look on the sun though it wishes, 
 
 And the ditches and dams are too could for the fishes. 
 
 Thin vou're o.f wid the skates to create a sensation, 
 
 Inspiring young hearts wid a could perspiration; 
 
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 Ilavo a care, friend hmmty, in playing your part 
 You may hy some chance catch a couhl in your heart. 
 
 It's moral and modest, and may ha conjanial 
 
 iJy the lire to ho talking ov prospects hymaniel, 
 
 Wid your lover to hask in the light ov your o) <\ 
 
 And to drink the pure halm ov your musical si'di • 
 
 As he longs for a something more precious tlian money, 
 
 Your smile in his home thin so warm and sunny. 
 
 Thin lave skating to slide, my adorable queen, 
 
 And bo good, to be loved for a wife, Miss McSheen. • 
 
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 TIk^ aul<l Scoii/iHl, Kirk, i„ (),„ ,„„(|,,,. ,/ pruiM*!, 
 Im ^lowin' iihIimiikmI <»' Imm' auld ruMliiornMl wayw ; 
 All' hor mow-Ijim^I.mI nnMiil.orn m, |,lar. Im'o (l«?viHO(l 
 For iiku bit Kiiky to No or(j<uuv.('d. 
 
 TlM^'n* jit \v;i,r vvi' tl»o oanicMt. an' auM orthodoxy, 
 ()w(«r In/y to my^, ho tliny worHliip l»y proxy ; 
 To auld Nick wi' tli(3 mon^rnd rnuHic, I wccri, 
 My lioart'Hiio in tuno wi' tho Hin;;in' macliiuo. 
 
 'I'ho HtrninH tliat ^aod up IVao tlio mountain and muir, 
 Frao our hi-avo Scottinli wortfii(;H an' rnartyrM, woro puro ; 
 Hut tho breath o' tho hollows lias cauH'd a Honnation, 
 An, tho orijan may yet caune diH-or./an-iz/Uion 
 
 Whan i list to tlie " Kist fu' o' wIiistleH," T foel 
 
 That a ' hist fVae tho pibroch wud answer as weol. 
 
 For the (h-one an' the chauntcr tac; Scotlan' arc dear, 
 
 An, a spring on the bagpipes our speerits wud cheer. 
 
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 While they gather the bawbees we'll hae a strathspey, 
 Will the minister chide us ? liech ! that's no his way ; 
 It's a slicht innovation, but then gin we chuse it, 
 An' " pay for our whustle," gude faith, we may use it. 
 
 On the harpin' o' David their claims they advance, 
 But the royal sauntfegs, didna scruple to dance ; 
 Sae our lads an' our lasses may do it as weel, 
 An' think it no sinfu' to hae a bit reel. 
 
 Our brave Scottish Kirk, in the days o' her youth. 
 Grew strong in the faith, while proclaimin' the truth ; 
 An' though hunted ower rauirlan' an' mountain an' brae, 
 She keepit the Claverhouse bloodhun's at bay. 
 She had no muckle skill o' her enemies' ways, 
 So she had her ain way o' perfectin' her praise ; 
 Whan she met for her worship in cave an' in quarry, 
 The organ would no be that handy t •> carry. 
 
 For conscience an' country she drew the claymore, 
 
 An' waded to freedom, thro' streamlets o' gore, 
 
 An' though passion an' prejudice may be were rife, 
 
 Wi' our honest forefathers wha joined in the strife, 
 
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liOTII SILKS OF THE OUGAX. 
 
 Thoy be(|ue.ithc(l us fair freedom to think, an," say we. 
 Their bairns, ha'e had time to fori^et an' for-Me 
 An' there's nae frownin' bigot has jwwer noo to skelp us. 
 For singin' our praises wi' music to help us. 
 
 Gin the auhl Covenanters were here in the clay, 
 
 They would shrink frae their modern type in dismay ; 
 
 For the chiel wi' a sour sanctimonious rau<^ 
 
 Wha never was blessed wi' a musical hi^^ 
 
 To hear his ain gruntin' will always bo cravin', 
 
 Weel, his soul is sae sma' that it's scarcely worth sarin', 
 
 He would smo'r a' the lavrocks that sing in the dell, 
 
 On purpose to grunt a' the music himsel'; 
 
 He would strangle the flowries that daur to be blowin', 
 
 An' stop ilka burnie that sings as it's flowin', 
 
 An' arrest the sweet voice o' the forthcomin' spring. 
 
 An' silence a' nature to hear himsel' sing. 
 
 Gin the win' o' the bellows is blawn by the deil, 
 
 Sure the twang o' the pitch-pipe is sinfu' as weel, 
 
 But the bigots may stop a' their windy confusion 
 
 I' the Kirk, for the Organ's a foregone conclusion. 
 
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 iSfuSXNGS ON THE ^€hAUDILK]C. 
 
 iv 
 
 On the Chaudicre, one day choosing 
 
 To roam by its active shore, 
 I moraliz'd in my musing, 
 
 'Mid the sound of the cataract's roar. 
 And I roam'd in imagination, 
 
 'Mong the hauiii of savage meii ; 
 Ere the tramp of civiHzation 
 
 Resounded tli-ough forest and fen. 
 And I said to the ciaut river, a 
 
 eaping and [)hniging it 
 
 ran, — 
 
 •' Great is the power of Nature, subdued and conti -Hedby 
 
 man 
 
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 51 
 
■^ 
 
 MUSINiJS ON TllK f'ltAnDTKRE. 
 
 WluMi tli(> knir(> of tli(» s!\va,i:;o was rooted 
 
 T.) tli<- liilt, in tlu' liital alTniy, 
 Ami tlu' wolf and pantluM- disputed 
 
 For cmpiiv, dominion and sway ; 
 And the loon and the whipporwill soinidod 
 
 Thoir nott\ in the vast so]itnd<% 
 And the nii^lit-liawk, and owl once abounded, 
 
 To inirture their untled^ed brood, 
 lint a I'hanire has eonie over the spirit of the aneiiMit fon^st's 
 <lreani, 
 
 And they utilize the labour, of this roaring-, plunging 
 stream. 
 
 And 1 saw there a colony founded, 
 
 Along tlu* onee desolate shore, 
 And the ring of the hannner resounded. 
 
 To drown the dread cataract's roar; 
 And the '* erib" in its rushing glory. 
 
 Descended with sullen scud : 
 And the voyagers laughM at the story 
 
 Of danszers by forest and flood. 
 And the men with the brawny arms, who warred in the 
 peaceful strife. 
 
 Said, "' Tliis is the triumph of labour, and not of the warrior's 
 
 knife. 
 
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MUSIN(jl.S UN rilK (MlAUDIclRK. 
 
 \\v[ tlio s;iv;i,i^(! has Hod IVniu our hoiiinrry, 
 
 lie liJiH slinink with a timid disinay 
 From tii(! mill, and the; lor^^o, and louiKh'y, 
 
 And th(5 \vi,ii;\vam lias I'adcil away. 
 For nuMi of a kindred nation, 
 
 In who.so veins is coniniini^Iod (tur 1)1 ))il, 
 On tliu ('haudiorc liavo takon their sUilion, 
 
 And have tamed this once terrihlc; Hood." 
 ;V.nd lial)our said, "• These are the monarchs, that the hopes 
 
 of the million are on, 
 VVh'ni the erat't of the Statesman has fiidiMl, and ' Kniyhts' 
 and •• Companions' are gone." 
 
 Tnen a fi^^ure so lithesome and youthful, 
 
 Ap[)ear'd to my awe-stricken view ; 
 And his hearing was earnest and truthful, 
 
 As horn to command and siihdue. 
 And ho rais'd his great arm, so athletic, 
 
 Saying, '^ I'm labour [)ors()nifiod," 
 And he aihled, in accents i)rophctic, 
 
 " j\Iy dignity still is denied; 
 
 Though my 'scntclieon is bright and untai-nishM on my story 
 thei'o rests not a stain ; 
 
 2%'l/ may scramble for worn out titles, but /'/n lord of the 
 
 forest and plain." 
 
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Awvl \\\A h\o:\sl UoaviMl wUh tnu' MjUiMlaolitu*, 
 A»\»l Ur -i;\\vl aM Uy" s^o^>^l iw \\\i '-.l«M'V, 
 
 All tl\<s :\\\vl \\\\w\\ wovo l\a\(> I dono." 
 
 AU>1 I vl\(';U\\\. :V^ 1 J'v't/*'"! >n \\\\\\y' \\.M1«1*M' iM( llu^ U'lMH', all ! 
 Sv> hv^j^vMnl ■,\\\y\ \\\\\\ 
 
 V\>v \l\vMi5);l\ts aro (lio *l\-oan\'^ >M iho in(\i\t>. shll thi> '>|>nil ol' 
 IjalvMiv was 'hvnv\ 
 
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 Auvi whilo (Inis \t\ a waw v^^' rotltHMion. 
 
 I sivvsi Uv \\w viarK rolhnv.i; u.lv\ 
 \ lvV^K^i In tho spirit's di\'oo(\vM\ 
 
 0\\ ilu^ Ivoiw, and tl\o raO. awvl \]\o slido. 
 A<u\ ho saivi. '' Hoiv n\\ powor is jn'ovaiUu,^. 
 
 Aiu^ lio su\ilod with oxubovant u:loo 
 As tl\v^ primoval foivst was sailiuir 
 
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 Nv nu\v-u\o 
 
 al awav t>> tl\(^ soa. 
 
 1 aw Ao '.Voiu mv vlav-droani dolij;hiv\l. as 1 ;:;a/'.'*l 
 o)\ tho pwspoot so fair 
 
 Anvi tho ]^hantvMU v^l hihour rooovlod, hut his suhstauce ami 
 
 S'. int arc thoiv 
 
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 To our !nuM(M>t l{oni;in molluM" 
 
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 o'ro ret 11 1111112, ovory oiio 
 
 iih^ our roarmiards iwo snarmii]; 
 
 •li 
 
 At those who load tlio v;iii. 
 With (woiti'iuouts ami (leh,i;htiiUMit.s 
 
 To jih>as(» th(^ oy^' .iinl oar, 
 Our ^^uiidays shall he holidays, 
 
 Our luorry souls to chocr. 
 
 Wlioii wo shrank IrtMU "• th(> old holdauK* 
 Allootiii^ to ho iVottiiii.!; 
 
 For 1 
 
 lor sins, wo iiovor inoaiit it 
 
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 Wo only W(M"(» oo»[uottini; 
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 or niuininorios ana liumnvorios 
 
 Aro not so vorv lu>llow 
 
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 When tho clor^y load the fashion. 
 The laity should follow. 
 
 Our churohos must ho finer, — 
 
 
 Lot not tho timid start. 
 
 'or w 
 
 hat 
 
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 Than tlio ^rand old plastic art 
 Ahouudinii and surroundin:*: us. 
 
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 And wo"ll iiavo a small St. Peter's 
 
 Aiid a Vatican at lunuc. 
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WR'rH Ah], (JoriVd noMKWAUI). 
 
 Tf the nl.'ilijistor r)M«n(l)iin 
 
 Will for our h\uh atone, 
 We'll n-oi-Hliip n.r(!liit(u'f,iir(', 
 
 <>iir ,i;(h]m sliall Im. of sfone. 
 
 We'll 1m. .<r,,„„I,., ,„ ^^.,, j,„„|,,^^ 
 '''•» fhslliod ;|S U(« <r,, • 
 
 I^ "i.'iy Ih> pandieisti,., 
 
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1 
 
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 pAME O'ER THE ^EA. 
 
 I'm no gaun to greet, nor to dwino and complain, 
 
 An' fin' fau't wi' the warl whan the wvte is mj ain ; 
 
 An' while trudgin' through life, though I meet wi' hard rubs, 
 
 (For I never could gather up gowd frae the dubs) 
 
 Though for mair warl's gear I'm aft tempted to sigh, 
 
 Yet I've comforts and pleasures that gowd canna buy. 
 
 Though 'mid sunshine an' shadow my prospects may be, 
 
 1 am aye thinkin' lang for my hame o'er the sea. 
 
 It's no that I'm fly tin wi' this happy land 
 
 That teems wi' abundance on every hand. 
 
 For the birds, ye maun ken, that in autumn tak win- 
 
 Return wi' a sang to their hame in the spring. 
 
 Gin I were a bit birdie, I'd sing o' her rills, 
 
 Her bee humming gardens, an' heather clad hills, 
 
 An' her gowan spangled glens, where the lavrock wi' glee 
 
 Sings his sang so elate in my hame o'er the sea. 
 
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 MY HAME o'er THE SEA. 
 
 Whaur the snowdrop an' primrose glint out through the 
 
 snaw, 
 An' the bonnie bhiclc wallflower adorns the wa' 
 An' the lintie an' rol)in pour out each his lay 
 To his ain wee hit wifie on Valcnfciuc's day. 
 Whaur the black-bird and mavis the echoes awake, 
 An' the goldie an' bullfinch pipe out on the brake. 
 Whaur the sweet hawthorn blossom an' hum o' the bee 
 Gar me wander in dreams to my hame o'er the sea. 
 
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 Ifs the land o" the hero an' martyr, where men 
 Have unsheathed their bright cla3'mores again and again, 
 To contend for their freedom wi' patriot glow 
 An' never have Icarn't to succumb to the foe. 
 Frae ice-bound Kamschatka to stormy Cape Horn, 
 Each heart loves the spot where its owner was born ; 
 Eut mine is the land o' the bravo, bold, and free. 
 Which gars me feel proud o' my hame o'er the sea. 
 
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#UHN THE ^ATEH Sa'. 
 (U..es suggested by ,i law treatise on N„tMral History. 
 
 Eh, Maggy, ye're a winsome, an' a weolfaeured sonsieqaeen 
 An' I ken ye'll no be angry, whan I tell ye what I mean, 
 But a neebor tauld me yesternicht, an', oh, it was a blow,' 
 That ye had an' active family, ye didna care to show. 
 I maist forgat the teachin's o' my minister an' Bible, 
 I felt sae much like throtthn' o' the author o' the libel. 
 On a lassie wi' a record, eh ! as pure 's the driven sna'! 
 Whan he answer'd sae provokingly, ,he >oean a roaterfa'. 
 
 Then surely you'll agree, Meg, gin reason ye will summon 
 That >lka maid's in danger o' bein' thoclit a family woman' 
 At least she'll be suspecket o' the fac', I mak, nae doot 
 Then wear your ain brieht ringlets, lass, an' burn the Jater 
 spoot. 
 
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BURN THE WATER FA*. 
 
 You ken that Jammie Tamson, wha in himsel's a host, 
 Says, beauty unadorned is aye adorned the most ; 
 Nog those filthy hairs apparent, will maybe gav* you claw, 
 Then tak' an auld man's word, Meg, an' burn the water fa*. 
 
 Gin't be vain to paint the lily, or to gild refined gold, 
 Or improve fair Nature's handy work by any classic mould, 
 It surely maun be wrang to smoor the heed wi' foreign thatch. 
 An' our pure an' peerless lassie, be brocht up to the acratch. 
 Oh ! I see no blushing maidens wi' their timid glances noo, 
 For the weicht o' that fause ba' behind, keeps a' the face in 
 
 view ; 
 They're tethered by the heed ye ken, like owsen in a sta' 
 Then burst thro' fashion's trammels, Meg, an' burn the waterfa.' 
 
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 62 
 
J^ODEKN :BXAUTY. 
 
 If once more I were young, as I never shall be, 
 
 And from all matrimonial fetters were free, 
 
 With the wide world before me, and going to begin, 
 
 I would marry a woman as ugly as sin. 
 
 Though I married one lovely and ripe as a quince, 
 
 But then I think that may be thirty years since 
 
 And her cheek was, to me^ like the rose ; and I ween 
 
 That I look on her now as a bright ever-green. 
 
 And I'm proud of my mate, both at home and abroad, 
 
 She is painted by Nature ; — yes, painted by God. 
 
 But she's aa exception, and one of the rarest. 
 
 Well ! sages say crows think their own, are the fairest. 
 
 And then she at home might perchance make a stir. 
 
 With, I might have done worse, when I mated with her 
 
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MODERN BEAUTY. 
 
 
 Well, I'd marry a woman whose features were grim, 
 With cheeks pale and flabby, and eyes rather dim. 
 And her nose thin and sharp as a cheesemonger's knife, 
 And her body with all due proportions at strife, 
 And her hair all as stiff and as red as a carrot. 
 And her voice just as harsh as the voice of a parrot. 
 Although this, you may guess, would not be my ideal. 
 Yet there would be some comfort in all being real ; 
 And as painting and padding would fail to improve her. 
 She would just be the thing for a sensible lover. 
 When to rest and retirement I chose to repair, 
 I should know there would surely be all of her there — 
 I should know, and such knowledge one's comfort increases, 
 That my joys of the day were not crumbling to pieces. 
 At night, when the gloss of the raven had flown 
 
 From her head, with the curls that were never her own, 
 
 And the teeth that outri vailed the ivory's brightness, 
 
 Were left on the stand to exhibit their whiteness, 
 
 And her eyes, not eclipsed in far famed Barcelona, 
 
 Had borrowed their lustre from fell belladonna, 
 
 And that lovely hue that her cheek was adorning. 
 
 Must by rouge be renewed when she dressed the next morning, 
 
 And that fiuo rounded figure, that cau;^ht all my heart, 
 
 Was well supplemented by trickery of art, 
 
 64 
 
MODERN BKAUTY. 
 
 And the fulness and bloom to wliich fancy attaches 
 
 Such value, was made up of paint, " shreds and patches ; " 
 
 That she would not always be watching the movements 
 
 Of fashion, and making external improvements, 
 
 Till Time's stealthy fingers crept in unawares, 
 
 And made it expensive to keep up repairs. 
 
 For late revelations make plain the conclusion 
 
 That " Beauty for ever " is all a delusion. 
 
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Ill 
 
}£; \M\ir.j.Tzn Ma'I'i.h. 
 
 Tlio devil Olio (lay, — m tho story rolatos, 
 
 Lol't IiIr homo, or oiio of tho Southorri States, 
 
 On President Johtisoii to make a call ; 
 
 And then he came northward to Montreal. 
 
 Ilo thought (for some one had told tho news), 
 
 'Twas an oxcelloi»t place to extend his views, 
 
 Tho Cliurches wore by some strange fatality 
 
 All confined to one locality. 
 
 Whoro tho rich, in exclusive onjoymont slake 
 
 Their thirst at tho fountain ; tho devil may take 
 
 The poor, who must keep aloof from the few, 
 
 If thoy can't pay tho price of a costly pow. 
 
 He '* arrove," as the Yankees would say, to be sure, 
 
 Like a gentleman on a professional tour. 
 
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A IA< ITKU MATCH. 
 
 
 
 As l\o iliil no( h;\vo i\\\\ \\v\\\\'\\\fx <louo, 
 
 S>1> 
 
 w wont (o MH work with an ;i|>|M'h(«» Imioim, 
 A ixoimino <lovil ;m»l \\o\ ;« s|MniouM 
 Kion»i. in (lu* <l»vss ol" a \n«»<l(M'n swoll ; 
 Antl ho "^howod \\o h stndic.l tho oIisumoIim* well. 
 \\\A ho looKM (^Tor hiH smlh» was so \van\» and sunny), 
 Uoliiiious lor h>vo, and not lor n»on»n' : 
 For tho notion of roooniponoo ho rosontod, 
 To show liinisoll' not so hlaok as lio's |>aintod. 
 Whou ho wont, on a friond to n»ako a call, 
 A v^lavo-^>wnor friond, noar Hoavor Hall, 
 Tho Ohnivh of Mossial^ ho oast his ovo ot», 
 And ]\o U>okod !\,i;l\ast at tho (Muiroli of V,\o\\ 
 And tho Uaptist Ohuroli. thoro ol\ook hy jowl 
 With St. Ahdrows : thon l\o o«>nsiii;nod l»is soul 
 By tho most appaUim: «>ath w]\ioli ho sworo, 
 To tho pit >vl\oro 't had gouo to long boforo, 
 Aiul ho tromhlo'd, and hont liko a hruisod rood ; 
 llo \v;is flabhofixastod and oouldn't prooood. 
 
 Wlien ho hoard of fi 
 
 vo 
 
 more 
 souni 
 
 in Dorohostor street, 
 
 He thouirht it prudent to sound a retreat. 
 
 And to Griffintown straight did he repair, 
 
 But found tliere were two or three churches there, 
 
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A l.iriKrn MATCH. 
 
 AihI Im' iVlt I) Irnilili' clicck to Ii'h pliiim 
 
 Wlicn Im« Ninv tin' ('(illiMlic <'|im"|i of St. Aiiirfl ; 
 
 Hlill Ih' llinii^lit he wiiwii'l ijiiilr N'K in tlu" liirnli, 
 
 I''oi' ln« iIhIii'I mim« nnr l'it'Hl»yl«'iia?i ('liiirrli, 
 
 Ami ullhoii^li lie yii^f'ily ^azod iiromul, 
 
 TIhmv wore lew ul' flir *' iiim'm ^ii'hI " to Im* IoiiikI ; 
 
 \\\\\ lie rrnrni lie would liml IImmii, imoit'h the pity, 
 
 WluM'c* money in miiile, in the heiut ol' the city. 
 
 lie liMikeil ill St. I'liurH iinil then on Mcdiill, 
 
 Notre hnme ninl St. .liimeH'H, with deviliMh ^kill, 
 
 lie l(MikM in the air, he lookM on the ^ronnd, 
 
 hut then> wasn't a Seottisli Kirk to he founil. 
 Then he wri^ii^hMl hin tail with terrihle /.^hje, 
 
 Saying, '''i'hey've left the poor Scotch tf>the dcivil — that'mnr-," 
 
 And he hni;;lrd aloud, an<l he shook his feathers, 
 Till his IiooIh hurst throun;h his Spanish leathers ; 
 
 'Twas no easy joh to conceal his tail, 
 
 For he tore his pants on a pavement nail. 
 
 And his narrative* stranger ho wished to withliold, 
 
 lie was not disposed to "a talo unfold." 
 
 lint an incident here occurrc*! to show, 
 
 That the devil had still a mortal foe, 
 
 For a vi;i;ilant priest had ;^ot on his trail, 
 
 Ami cau^^ht a glimpse of the tip of his tail. 
 
VoY <]»o ]Mio!»ts l\!Uo »l»»t«M'tivoi» nil nnM\n«l ; 
 To ^urtvii tVom \ho loo i]\o'\Y ohonou jrvonnd. 
 Auil W rjn«o«l with \W lion«l. i) horriMo P|»lori\ 
 As Sniul l^unpt;n> hnd <ioi\o son.^ linw holoro. 
 Tlioy novo ho|^o^^^1 <)<o \\o\\\ \vm\ hnA ln<i duv. 
 \\\\\ tl\ov ro\n\«l thoro >v;\s still " tho <lo\il (o \m\\\" 
 For thov sinolt rt vow st^^n^i; stilphiii-ous stuoll, 
 \\h\ iVom tl^o r.Uhotinl \'\\\\w o\U poll moll. 
 As \( thoy woiv onrnostly l>ont «m^ sl;u\!>;h(or. 
 An«l lVigl\tono«l luin olV with /*<>(>/ tr<if<>i'. 
 Xox>. whowvov 01»i \iok m!\v juMMonn his loats. 
 It wont ho in St. .l.-^inos's ntj^l Ooiohostor Stroots, 
 Am^ whoovor tho <iovil shall pnnvlinu; oatoh, 
 Ho must ji>> to tho ]M*iosts for a l.i'oiKKU M vrru. 
 
 TO 
 
y\V WK NO :|(Af. A 'CtAf.T.Tf; 1^ f[C)Tt9,'^m{ f 
 
 Miiy W(i ii<» hiin a proCoMflor to ionrh thd hfiirrifl to speak 
 TIio liittiny (JhoIk! Inii^iui^o, innir rl)W?»i<'Ml Minn ^ireek, 
 An' unldcM* fur tliiin llrluow, un' wool y<' rnny Im-Ik-vo, 
 That Adam Bpak' in (IhoI'm; to liis niti bit wifie Kve ? 
 An' rIio, pnir sijiloHW lasHio, f»ri h'm lionoycd accents him;^, 
 An' tauolit lior woo l)it iMiirnios their ain sweet niitti(!r ton^^no ; 
 yVn' Knglisli was na ihocht o' ,indoed it's no a i'able. 
 IJiit caino wi' the confusion o' toni^iics, hin;^ syno at Bahcl. 
 A nohh' lli/^hhuid (Jhieftain contrackit for ttie jol», 
 VVlia hired to ho his ibreman a low hrcd English snot*, 
 
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 Wi' twa or throe Triwh Konians, wha did the work dislike, 
 
 *\n' 80 introduced confusion an' ca'iscd the men to strike. 
 
 This Chief was Osslan's father, an' used to fish for cod, 
 
 An' taucht the Gaelic classics wool before he gaed abroad ; 
 
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MAY WK NO HAK A UAKI.U; PUOFKMSOU ? 
 
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 Ho triMl lianl to rocliiiin thorn, I'nio i^iiornnco'H fottors, 
 Wwi thov wovjldna' nun«l tlioir (Jaolio, for tlioy diduji koii thoir 
 
 lottor.«». 
 Mollonior was a Sootsman, an' l>»)ni on Islo o' Skj, 
 An I'm vo dar' to doot it, I'll shew tlio roas(Mi wliy ; 
 A modern |»oot dosoribos liini,— an oli, it ;^ars mo smilo. 
 As tlu' l>lind old Hard ( vo mark tno) ** O' Scio's Uockv 
 
 Islo." 
 Ho dropd t1»o Mao iVao Ilomor, whan forood to hoji; his hrood, 
 \Vhio)\ 1)0 thooht was so do^radin;;, it wasna l»onny food 
 
 [/»1)>M /?<fo], 
 Thus tho land o" his nativity, ho managod to oonooal it, 
 A Ili^hlandman wont hog \\\» brood — gin ho can only steal it. 
 A professor wo ma\in hao to toaoh this anoiont loro, 
 Though wo kon tho joalous lowlandora will raise a foarf'ir 
 
 sploro : 
 Wo could hao tancht tho English, but liere oceur'd a hitch, — 
 Wo couldna send a llighlanduian for fear he'd catcli the itch. 
 A pn^fossor o the bagpipes we really mc to hae 
 Put in to a' our Colleges, an' gin they canna play 
 Tho reel o" Tullochgoram, a' minor sounds to droon. 
 They'll may be gar them skirl a bit to keep our hearts in tune. 
 They may talk o' their pianos, their organs an' guitars, 
 To compare them to the pibroch whaur is the man wha dar's? 
 
 72 
 
MAY WE NO lUV. A UAKUr niOFKHSOll ? 
 
 AiiM Orpl.n.H wuM a piper, an.l a ScotHman too M,y, 
 Am.I wI.ou 1u5 pIay(M| tl.o Hlo;;an, (,l, ! tlio rrnickle .l.-il Md 
 shy. 
 
 Thou woll lia<. an I^Jiho pri^fcHHor, «„ w(,II hae a (iaelic chair, 
 A (Jh.n-arry fhiol shall Hit i„ it wi' shanks haith hmk unri 
 H(|uari', 
 
 An- wo'll teach our ancimt hui-ua-o in ilka District School, 
 An' -in they winna pay Ibr' t, faith, we'll hae a threc-l.-g'd 
 stool. 
 
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 % UrMxmm:uix or i}(>; i;-,; 
 
 NIAN InVAsTON. 
 
 Wo— Kn„jju,M, i,„„l,. „ l.luntlM.,. 
 Wlii.i UT ,,n,.I<M tiM. Mriti,), M„„, 
 Ocli! I„. ,,rov(Ml liimsHruHdoM 
 Ov tli(. ,MiM |,Io,„l t'icHfcy Ml.tock, 
 
 An.! wjiM firm m any nuik. 
 Wliin ho HhowM I.iH warlike, fnoo 
 
 iK; inado MM FanyariH »jii;,i), 
 Tl.o,,.), ho Hh.nokM tho ,.ipo ov pace 
 
 Till we throd upon hin tail. 
 
 The 
 
 O(iinpmont ov our hand 
 Was tho hoHt, iKMv .second-hand, 
 And our army was u erew 
 <>v malignant thrajtern, thruo 
 To their Moody insthincts ; and 
 Wid a dash ov So'th'ran rutfans, 
 
 And other ragarauffans, 
 
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fsvmm 
 
 A UKAn\lSiM.NrM 01' THK PKNIAN INVASION. 
 
 \Yrt8 tl\o onj^tuin ov owv l\onl(>. 
 
 At tho shtn^niv l\oll-l\<Mn\«l !\lliimoo, 
 Ov tlh> S;\\«>u !in<l (ho Toll, 
 \\v\ wo in.'^io (l\oir oonvnuo n»oll ; 
 Hnt it nu^ltod iwto powor, 
 Auvl in;\»lo \\s owrso tl\o hour. 
 'Vho ivswlt \vaf< thin, hy iaiHM's, 
 
 Wo woro uo;\rlv shuiiihttM-od ijiioito I 
 Thin wo t'vow ;uv;\v o\iv sahros, 
 
 Ami oloarM wid all our nioi,ii]\t. 
 
 lV)\ono ! Oo]h>no ! ,\ohroo, 
 
 Wo woro luuoh U>\^ ^ilirunk to lloo, 
 
 ih' a von to |'.ut a tax on 
 
 Tlio hatod Angl»>-Saxon, 
 
 For in mi^ist ov w!\r\^ aiaruins 
 
 The Yankoos stolo our arums ; 
 
 And our cohort* woiv disn\ay'd 
 
 Whin British pluck was tostod, 
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'''" Imvc liiifiHcirnriMHkMl. 
 
 VA^JfOiV, 
 
 TniM we unly (r,(,|< |M.rforrp 
 <Mm'm.iI<I I.Mr|<woo<l (MrrrM'r'M fior^n ; 
 lint jIip h|.mI|wm.„, )i(> r(.riiH,.«| 
 
 To Im' pnMM(>M(r,.,M insido ; 
 
 lint iri-rroHs tlion, wfi« nono, 
 TliMii;r|, vv,. hi(.(| to ciif, „nv way 
 
 l*''»r our rnvJilry on on*' 
 Kiif.M liJM vhh,'VH nil at l,ay. 
 
 VVi.l our prn^^mrM /^nttin/r d.mj^y 
 VV«< Hoiil.l „i,r arirm for vvliiskoy, 
 And thill to o.w\ IIm, ),„ihrv, 
 Wo lod^lifc wi<l oiKi ariotlir-r ; 
 AikI th(^ yo(m;r |,ot valiant I'at.i 
 Like the oiild Kilk(!nnj rat^i, 
 WomM )iav(3 ,s|.ilt ao(!}, oth/T'H hrairi!*, 
 
 I'lit in that wore (loomed t/> fail ; 
 Yot this iiarrutivo rorriain.i, 
 
 And thereby Iian;^rs a tail rtalo,; 
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A HKMINMSiMCNrK OF THK FlilNIAN INVASfOiX. 
 
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 l*ro8i«lont Cohorts of tl\o Irisli UopuMio wnnls a ninrtliyrc. 
 Mr. liVTiolh OHO of llio I^'onian vicliiuH of his own toincritv in 
 TonMito tro.'il. wroio to \\\o Prosidout whoso roply was in suh- 
 stanoo, that lio liopod tho ('anadiau (Jovonnnont woiihl hang 
 l\iin, or s'Muo ono olso, to dvo soniothinij; hko cofat to tho 
 movomont. 
 
 Vou'ro a viotinu IVar liVuoh,an«l 1 fool so hko l).ai\ging you, 
 l^ad luok to tlioir sowls, so tlioy'ro not to ho han^jv^ing you I 
 Wo'ix^ in want ov a viotini, yo\n" lifo pray don't shidy man, 
 Wo must havo u martlivro and t!\at a raol Irisli ono. 
 (ilivo vourhto forouM Iroland.vour (lin'rai'soonnnandini!: you, 
 Tho lunds ov tlio ortlior, ooh l)odad, is doman«ling yon, 
 WWm yo\i'ro dead, wlulo wo livo, wo will always ho praising 
 you. 
 
 And a hust from the funds wo will surolv ho raising; vou. 
 Hurl dofianco, liko a hriok, at the vile liated tSaxon crew , 
 Twill do ^ood to tho funds if they'll take hut one life or two. 
 It's Ireland's best blood that is at\her haranging you ; 
 Thin do u? the i;\vor to let them l>e hanging you. 
 Fit7-gemld and Emmet, just think ov their daring, when 
 Their pluck wa« a caution to all galliant Irishmen ! 
 Your aneesthers died, (you're the last of that rebel crow,) 
 
 For the good ov their counthry, and faix' they descrv'd it too. 
 
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tlio 
 
 A HKMINJHCKNCK UV rUK KKNf 
 
 AN fN.V^Mfov. 
 
 '" ""''""y ■'■>•' 1 1 wii, .,„.,, ,.,,,„„.,. 
 
 1 •'"■"""•' "'■•■"l'"--''"H,„.|<,l„.,v„,„|„„„, 
 
 "•■■"'■'"""- "I"!-". ,1, „.,.,„„, „,„(,,,„ 
 
 Ai"l.lhnnk,.,.cc.,.o.v •-«lwl,ni„.|-,„„l,„vH,.|.-„„^,„„' 
 
 ?J 
 
^HE &om or THE ivGAMNG. 
 
 The sun has arisen, and crimsoned the snow 
 On the tops of the mountains and valleys below, 
 From his throne in the azure he smiles, and with glee, 
 Is bidding the frozen up brooklets be free. 
 
 He peeps through the woodlands, all leafless and still, 
 And kisses with gladness the brow of the hill ; 
 And the life blood is coursing both rapid and free, 
 Through the bountiful veins of our own Maple Tree. 
 
 Grim winter's receding, and joy-giving spring 
 
 Sends red-breasted robin again on the win^r 
 
 Then up ! to the labour give in your adhesion , 
 
 Ah ! 'tis charming to reap the first fruits of the season. 
 
 Hie away to the f lest ! to sugaring away ! 
 The time has arrived for the yearly foray ; 
 We warred with intent, but no malice have we, 
 
 We love, prize and cherish our bountiful tree. 
 
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m 
 
 TlIK SON(} OF Tlir, Sl'dAHlNU. 
 
 TIio hlood of tlio in!\|>lo tins day sliall cscapo, 
 Ah ! il's dearer to us than tlie blood of the /jirape. 
 In our hotues it ean ne'er he the mother of sorrow, 
 Nor cheer us to day while it Irets us to-morrow. 
 
 Then ur;j;c on the team, for the work has he^run 
 The forest spreads out its nude iimhs tt) the sun ; 
 The woodpeeker's tapjMU^ '-oth ea,«:;er and fast, 
 For insects to furnish his early repast. 
 
 We gather the s;ip amid sunshine and snow, 
 And while toilinir and hoiliuLi; our hearts overllow, 
 To think that we're free from vile slavery's stain, 
 And drain from the maple instead of the cane. 
 
 Our wives and our c hildren shall join in the sport, 
 And youui; men and maidens attend Cupid's court 
 In the j;rove, where the youthful aiVections shall glow. 
 While the young ones make candy on top of the snow. 
 
 Then let our rejoicings reach Heaven's high throne, 
 Who gave us to reap where we never have sown ; 
 And though God in His ioii'iite mercy doth reign 
 We here are the masters of ibrest and plain. 
 
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% ;S;gotsman'8 %}m.rx to his % 
 
 kje:x:n. 
 
 Hoot aw.i Taminj ! tliou-li .scant in yov .vmv, 
 Wi' health aiul wi' Btrcngth, man, thoro's i.acthi,,^ to fear, 
 Therc'.^ a Providence watches the sparrows tliat flee, 
 An' there's .^ow'.l for the ;r,therin' on this side the ^a. 
 
 We hao nae lords or dukes, wi' their pedi;,rrecs tench, 
 Though some o' our gudc folk are lordly encuch ; 
 Yet once on a time, though they noo strut and stare, 
 Their fathers, or them, had nae muckle to s],are. 
 
 Wo hao few tithes or taxes, or poor rates, ye ken, 
 An' our statesmen are no vera scholarly men ; 
 They say (while ignoring their Goldsmith's of course), 
 That tho Pope gac Bluff Harry, frae Kate a divorce. * ' 
 
 • This was said by a member of the old Legislati 
 
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 ve Assembly, 
 
h 
 
 A SOOT-MAN S AUVK'K TO lIIS I'UMKN. 
 
 Tliat Sl^nkspoan' llw idol o' oivili/.alion, 
 \V;\s n «lrnukj\nl at timos. an' a shanu' to tlu' nation ♦ 
 \\\' that Milton was dail, an' l\is laiucls lia(> I'a'lotl 
 An' wo swallow a' tins, as onr lawgivers saitl it. 
 
 Sao tak' o<Mnlort, (voow Tamnu', and dinna l>o sml, 
 Hero onr nnioklo larnin' will no niak' »is niad ; 
 
 So trv to iirow rioh, an' von tnix wi' tho l)ost, 
 
 Witli(M»t ov«Mi n»annovs, or loarnin', or taslo. 
 
 Soil rai;s l>v tho nMnna»\t, or ohooso hy tho ton, 
 
 Unt ilinna soil Inittor or toa hv tho |>nn'. 
 
 An cin vo nu\k' oot wool on thov sorts o' waros, 
 
 Pass vor tathor in silonoo, an i^i' vorsol aiivs. 
 
 A]H^ tho ii'.vat tolk at hanio. tho' yo oanna do't wool, 
 TIkm'o arc fow to dotoo' yo — thoy'ro niai&t liko yorsol' ; 
 Toaoh yor bairns 'i^ainst lab(>nr, as vulij;ar, to ravo. 
 An' thns spit wi' oontonip' on yor i^randfathor's gravo ; 
 llao yor swanys an' partios, yo oanna dao loss ; 
 Xovor min' i:in vo dinna kon wool I'li to dross. 
 An' voto huko-loro an' larnin' insipid an' flat, 
 An' vo'll ho a Colonial aristocrat. . 
 
 • 8:\id in a >poooh aolivorod by a " member" at the Tercentena- 
 ry of Shak^ipoiire, at the Crystal Palace, Montreal. 
 
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•Bjjnt) //o>;. 
 
 'I'llO HtlhJfMll oniin (olloU'iMK I»')..H) is ,1 l.Ii,„| r,,(i(. IX'iU.lV, If.Hi.l 
 
 in Wulcrlo.,, lOMHtpni Town liijH, f, whom the, inlial<itm,ts urc v., 
 
 kind. 
 
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 ►^i;i;litl('HM woi'kcr, hIiuI for over 
 
 Out fnuii the li;^lit of <lay, 
 Still toiliii^r ill (Ini'kiioHH drt-ar, 
 No boautoouH tliin;.' tliy houI to chocr, 
 Thy HtafVfor tliy ;^iii(l(! and [>ion(!or, 
 
 Groping tliy lonely way. 
 
 Up to thy work with the rising sun, 
 
 Feeling hi.s gladsome rays, 
 
 While he gilds the tops of distant liiljs, 
 
 And anon the blooming valley fills, 
 
 Flashing among the dancing rills, 
 
 Chasing the morning haze. 
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lli(» to tl<o nohonl with thy l«>:i'l of swoots, 
 
 \Vh<M-o inl"i\nt s)MMulthvil"ts< run. 
 And ojwlv s»'h*M>lh >v»' ovos !\ro hiMit 
 On thy p:ill\ \v;»y with hriLi;ht look^ intont, 
 Maoor to s|HM\»l tho hojwthMl tMMit 
 Kro srl\ool-h<Mivs havo h(»o;un. 
 
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 No tr;\nsi«M\t i^hinoo ir* lor rh(M» voiK^hsaftl. 
 
 0[' fair Natmv's vi>»a,i;o iray, 
 As i\w YwoY llows tl\o\» l»oar'st tlio swoll. 
 .\n«l inluih* tho i^anhMi ro><o',>* suu'U 
 WhiU^ tlio to\;;l(>v«^ r'miz,^ his )>nrplo holl 
 
 Vor olowti;* tt> oU\\r awav. 
 
 Thou hast lunor so(M\ tho lamhkin skip, 
 
 Adown the jiroon l\ill-si<](\ 
 Or scon tho siro witli atVootion wihi, 
 Olaspiufj; his hloominir. pooHoss oliihl, 
 Wlulo tlio niothor iiaxM with i*>v unsoilM 
 
 And fond matornal pride. 
 
 Thou hast never seen the :»ohlen fruit, 
 
 Ripening oi\ the tree, 
 
 Or the tinv bUvtminii: daisv sweet, 
 
 Yield to tho pressure of thy foot : 
 
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nr.fiVfi ./*»K. 
 
 At (''(Ml, I'vitiu h»il Hcf, IVcc. 
 
 And Vd, pcivlwiiM'c, Hoi.M. |r,.„||r v(m;(, 
 
 S(» iiiimiciil ;iimI cloir, 
 Mmv I.mv.. noK,. f,. lir,. KOMM. (lormnMf ,,nrf,, 
 <'lMiMi„^r (|„. ^|„o,„ iVoin o„( thy heart,, 
 And iiuidc Ihy loncliiirsM (h-p;,,!, 
 While (hiillin;r ,,ti ihiric c/ir; 
 
 Ai.d i«v..,d..d tofhcc on.. i:.,i,y |on„ 
 
 All iicrrcct lh(»ii;,di iiriH.M'ri ; 
 And nniscd a rciiho ofhcMiily fhcro, 
 Mkc no r.M.I wImm, w(. dn.-'in. (,rar,;.(,lMrHi,, 
 Or in KiWu'H howcr th.. m ,(,tl(,.sH pair, 
 
 lOro Hin had fntcrc'd in. 
 
 (iod Hliap(3,s tli(3 hrocz.; to the Mhr,ni lainh, 
 
 IliM ni(>rc7 ^^■''H'< it «" ; 
 ►So tuny kindncMH niakc thy darkn(jS8 h-sn, 
 Ah thy virtues hud an.id distro.sM, 
 And Howons hloojn in the wilderrie.s.s ; 
 Then smiltj on poor " Mind Jrjc."