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Title: On Strike Till 3
Author: Grant Balfour
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*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ON STRIKE TILL 3 ***
Produced by Al Haines, prepared from scans obtained from
Internet Archive.
ON STRIKE TILL 3
By
GRANT BALFOUR
Author of
Canada My Home and Other Poems
The Fairy School of Castle Frank
&c., &c.
TORONTO
WILLIAM BRIGGS
1913
Copyright, Canada, 1913, by
J. M. GRANT
WHERE UNION DWELT
Beside the deep ravine the cottage stood,
O'erlooking elm and willow, beech and birch,
In growth profuse and wild o'er shady stream:
And viewing cedar, oak and towering pine
On yonder crest aglow with light. How grand
The vision in the greenness of the spring,
When birds of blue and scarlet vestments come;
The greater glory of the summer time,
When twinkling wings outvie the rarest flowers;
Or ripeness of the fall, when richest green
And gold and red in mass of tapestry
Delight the eye.
But now the scene is white,
Resplendent white. No miser hand hath swept
The vale and heights but Nature bountiful
Of beauty dazzling pure, the season's own.
The spotless path below, meandering midst
O'erhanging boughs and drooping plants enwrapped
In feathered snow, a reverend scene, appears
As if for angels formed, who came to walk
This sacred aisle to
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