The Song of the Exile--A Canadian Epic

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Title: The Song of the Exile--A Canadian Epic
Author: Wilfred S. Skeats
Release Date: March 29, 2007 [EBook #20939]
Language: English
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THE
SONG OF THE EXILE
A CANADIAN EPIC
Visions and Miscellaneous Poems
BY
WILFRED S. SKEATS
TORONTO?HART & COMPANY?31 & 33 KING ST. WEST
1891
Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture, by HART & COMPANY, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety.
_DEDICATION_.
_To Thee, whose cheering words have urged me on?When fainting heart advised me to stay?My halting pen, and leave my task undone:?To Thee, I humbly dedicate this lay.?Strong, womanly heart! whose long-enduring pain?Has not sufficed to rend thy faith in twain,?But rather teaches thee to sympathise?With those whose path through pain and darkness lies?Thyself forgetting, if but thou canst be?Of aid to others in adversity;?The helpful word, the approbative smile?From thee have ever greeted me, the while?None other cheered. Then let this tribute be?A token of my gratitude to Thee_.
CONTENTS.
PAGE.?THE SONG OF THE EXILE:
Canto the First 9
Canto the Second 29
Canto the Third 49
Canto the Fourth 71
Canto the Fifth 93
Footnotes 118
VISIONS:
The New Resolve 121
The Higher Duty 124
The Hidden Purpose 127
MISCELLANEOUS:
The Serpent 135
Pro Deo et Patria 137
Despondency 139
To L. W. 142
You Wrong Me Kate 145
Flossie 147
To Ethel 149
Dear Little Ethel 151
To D. R. P. 153
Christmas