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Title: Memories of Canada and Scotland
Speeches and Verses
Author: John Douglas Sutherland Campbell
Release Date: January, 2005 [EBook #7212]?[Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule]?[This file was first posted on March 27, 2003]
Edition: 10
Language: English
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? START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MEMORIES OF CANADA AND SCOTLAND ***
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MEMORIES OF CANADA AND SCOTLAND
SPEECHES AND VERSES
BY THE RIGHT HON. THE MARQUIS OF LORNE?K.T., G.C.M.G., &C.
DEDICATED WITH RESPECT AND AFFECTION TO?THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
CONTENTS
VERSES ON CANADIAN SUBJECTS.
CANADA, 1882
QUEBEC
PROLOGUE--GOVERNMENT HOUSE, MARCH 1879
CANADIAN NATIONAL HYMN
CANADIAN RIVER RHYMES
THE CANADIAN ROBIN
MILICETE LEGEND OF THE RIVER ST. JOHN
THE GUIDE OF THE MOHAWKS
THE STRONG HUNTER
THE ORIGIN OF THE INDIAN CORN
THE ISLES OF HURON
THE MYSTIC ISLE OF THE "LAND OF THE NORTH WIND"
WESTWARD HO!
THE SONG OF THE SIX SISTERS
THE PRAIRIE ROSES
CREE FAIRIES
THE "QU'APPELLE" VALLEY
THE BLACKFEET
SAN GABRIEL, ON THE PACIFIC COAST
NIAGARA
ON CHIEF MOUNTAIN
CUBA
ON THE NEW PROVINCE "ALBERTA"
VERSES CHIEFLY FROM HIGHLAND STORIES.
GAELIC LEGENDS
COLHORN
LOCH BúY
THE HARD STRAIT OF THE FEINNE
TOBERMORY BAY, 1588
LOCH UISK, ISLE OF MULL
THE LADY'S ROCK
THE POOL OF THE IRON SHIRT
INVERAWE
AN ISLESMAN'S FAREWELL
PREFACE TO DIARMID'S STORY
GRINIE'S FLIGHT WITH DIARMID
THE DEATH OF THE BOAR
KING ARTHUR AND THE CAPTIVE MAIDEN
SEANN ORAN GAILIC
DUNOLLY'S DAUGHTER
THE ARMADA GUN
CAVALRY CHARGE--K?NIGGR?TZ
THE IRISH EMIGRANT, 1880
THE IRISH EMIGRANT, 1883
SONG
SONNET ON THE DEATH OF LORD F. DOUGLAS
SADOWA
ON A FOREIGN WAR-SHIP'S SALUTE TO THE QUEEN'S STANDARD
SPEECHES AND ADDRESSES.
FAREWELL ADDRESS AT INVERARAY
EMBARKING AT LIVERPOOL
REPLY TO THE LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF LONDONDERRY
AT MONTREAL--TO THE ST. ANDREWS SOCIETY
AT MONTREAL--REPLY TO THE CITIZENS' ADDRESS
AT OTTAWA--REPLY TO THE CITIZENS' ADDRESS
AT OTTAWA--DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL PRIZES
AT KINGSTON--ON RECEIVING THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE
AT KINGSTON--TO THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE
AT KINGSTON--TO THE CADETS OF THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE
AT MONTREAL--REVIEW ON THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY, 1879
AT MONTREAL--OPENING OF AN ART INSTITUTE
AT QUEBEC--REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE CITY CORPORATION
AT QUEBEC--LAVAL UNIVERSITY
AT TORONTO--TORONTO CLUB DINNER
AT ST. JOHN, N.B.
AT ST. JOHN, N.B.--REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE CITY CORPORATION
AT FREDERICTON--REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE CITY CORPORATION
IN KINGS' COUNTY, N.B.--REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE MUNICIPALITY
AT TORONTO--REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE CITY CORPORATION
AT BERLIN, ONTARIO--REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE GERMAN RESIDENTS
AT OTTAWA--EXHIBITION OF 1880
AT OTTAWA--EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ART
AT QUEBEC--FESTIVAL OF ST. JEAN BAPTISTE
AT HAMILTON--OPENING OF PROVINCIAL FAIR
AT MONTREAL--OPENING OF PROVINCIAL FAIR
AT MONTREAL--LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE REDPATH MUSEUM OF THE MCGILL COLLEGE
AT CHAMBLY--UNVEILING THE STATUE OF COLONEL DE SALABERRY
AT ST. THOMAS--GATHERING OF HIGHLANDERS
AT WINNIPEG--IMPRESSIONS OF A TOUR IN THE NORTHWEST
AT WINNIPEG--SOCIETY OF ST. JEAN BAPTISTE OF MANITOBA
AT WINNIPEG--REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF ST. BONIFACE--MANITOBA
AT WINNIPEG--REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT OF MANITOBA COLLEGE
AT FORT SHAW, MONTANA--FAREWELL TO THE NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE
AT OTTAWA--INCEPTION OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
AT SAN FRANCISCO, CAL--REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE BRITISH RESIDENTS
AT VICTORIA, B.C.--SPEECH AT A PUBLIC DINNER
AT OTTAWA--MEETING OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION
AT OTTAWA--SECOND MEETING OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA
AT TORONTO--REPLY TO ADDRESSES OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY AND OF THE ONTARIO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS
AT OTTAWA--FAREWELL ADDRESS OF THE PARLIAMENT OF CANADA
REPLY
EXTRACT FROM THE SPEECH FROM THE THRONE
APPENDIX.
AT TORONTO--EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND MANUFACTURES
AT TORONTO--REPLY TO ADDRESS AT THE QUEEN'S PARK
AT OTTAWA--REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE CITY CORPORATION
AT MONTREAL--REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE CITY CORPORATION
AT QUEBEC--REPLY, OCT. 20TH 1883, TO ADDRESS OF THE CITY CORPORATION
VERSES ON CANADIAN SUBJECTS.
CANADA, 1882.
"Are hearts here strong enough to found?A glorious people's sway?"?Ask of our rivers as they bound?From hill to plain, or ocean-sound,?If they are strong to-day??If weakness in their floods be found,?Then may ye answer "Nay!"
"Is union yours? may foeman's might?Your love ne'er break or chain?"?Go see if o'er our land the flight?Of Spring be stayed by blast or blight;?If Fall bring never grain;?If Summer suns deny their light,?Then may our hope be vain!
"Yet far too cramped the narrow space?Your country's rule can own?"?Ah! travel all its bounds and trace?Each Alp unto its fertile base,?Our realm of forests lone,?Our world of prairie, like the face?Of ocean, hardly known!
"Yet for the arts