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In Divers Tones By: Charles George Douglas Roberts (1860-1943) |
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IN DIVERS TONES BY CHARLES G. D. ROBERTS AUTHOR OF "ORION, AND OTHER POEMS"; PROFESSOR OF
ENGLISH LITERATURE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF
KING'S COLLEGE, WINDSOR, N. S. To My Friend,
EDMUND COLLINS.
In divers tones I sing,
And pray you, Friend, give ear!
My medley of song I bring
You, who can rightly hear. Themes gathered far and near,
Thoughts from my heart that spring,
In divers tones I sing,
And pray you. Friend, give ear! Here's many a serious thing
You'll know if it's sincere.
Where the light laughters ring
You may detect a tear.
In divers tones I sing,
And pray you, Friend, give ear!
CONTENTS.
DEDICATION COLLECT FOR DOMINION DAY CANADA ACTAEON IN THE AFTERNOON THE PIPES OF PAN BEFORE THE BREATH OF STORM OUT OF POMPEII TO FREDERICTON IN MAY TIME IN SEPTEMBER CONCERNING CUTHBERT THE MONK IMPULSE THE ISLES AN ODE A SERENADE OFF PELORUS A BALLADE OF CALYPSO RAIN MIST THE TANTRAMAR REVISITED THE SLAVE WOMAN THE MARVELLOUS WORK A SONG OF DEPENDENCE ON THE CREEK LOTOS THE SOWER THE POTATO HARVEST AFLOAT RECKONING IN NOTRE DAME NOCTURNE TIDES CONSOLATION DARK THE FOOTPATH TOUT OU RIEN SALT KHARTOUM LIBERTY. (From the French of Fréchette) TO THE MEMORY OF SIDNEY LANIER ON READING THE POEMS OF SIDNEY LANIER IN LANG'S "HELEN OF TROY." (TO BLISS CARMAN.) A BALLADE OF PHILOMELA A HERALD WINTER GERANIUMS A BREATHING TIME BIRCH AND PADDLE. (To BLISS CARMAN.) AN ODE FOR THE CANADIAN CONFEDERACY THE QUELLING OF THE MOOSE A SONG OF REGRET THE DEPARTING OF CLOTE SCARP A BREAK TO A LADY, AFTER HEARING HER READ KEATS' "NIGHTINGALE" RONDEAU. (TO LOUIS HONORE FRÉCHETTE.) A BIRTHDAY BALLADE To S M LA BELLE TROMBONISTE THE POET IS BIDDEN TO MANHATTAN ISLAND THE BLUE VIOLET
IN DIVERS TONES. COLLECT FOR DOMINION DAY.
Father of nations! Help of the feeble hand!
Strength of the strong! to whom the nations kneel!
Stay and destroyer, at whose just command
Earth's kingdoms tremble and her empires reel!
Who dost the low uplift, the small make great,
And dost abase the ignorantly proud,
Of our scant people mould a mighty state,
To the strong, stern, to Thee in meekness bowed!
Father of unity, make this people one!
Weld, interfuse them in the patriot's flame,
Whose forging on thine anvil was begun
In blood late shed to purge the common shame;
That so our hearts, the fever of faction done,
Banish old feud in our young nation's name. CANADA.
O Child of Nations, giant limbed,
Who stand'st among the nations now
Unheeded, unadored, unhymned,
With unanointed brow, How long the ignoble sloth, how long
The trust in greatness not thine own?
Surely the lion's brood is strong
To front the world alone! How long the indolence, ere thou dare
Achieve thy destiny, seize thy fame
Ere our proud eyes behold thee bear
A nation's franchise, nation's name? The Saxon force, the Celtic fire,
These are thy manhood's heritage!
Why rest with babes and slaves? Seek higher
The place of race and age. I see to every wind unfurled
The flag that bears the Maple Wreath;
Thy swift keels furrow round the world
Its blood red folds beneath; Thy swift keels cleave the furthest seas;
Thy white sails swell with alien gales;
To stream on each remotest breeze
The black smoke of thy pipes exhales. O Falterer, let thy past convince
Thy future, all the growth, the gain,
The fame since Cartier knew thee, since
Thy shores beheld Champlain! Montcalm and Wolfe! Wolfe and Montcalm!
Quebec, thy storied citadel
Attest in burning song and psalm
How here thy heroes fell! O Thou that bor'st the battle's brunt
At Queenston, and at Lundy's Lane,
On whose scant ranks but iron front
The battle broke in vain! Whose was the danger, whose the day,
From whose triumphant throats the cheers,
At Chrysler's Farm, at Chateauguay,
Storming like clarion bursts our ears? On soft Pacific slopes, beside
Strange floods that northward rave and fall,
Where chafes Acadia's chainless tide
Thy sons await thy call... Continue reading book >>
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