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    In Divers Tones
    In Divers Tones
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    In Divers Tones

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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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

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