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    On Strike Till 3
    On Strike Till 3
    On Strike Till 3
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    On Strike Till 3

    By Grant Balfour

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    This is a collection of poetry by the Canadian author Grant Balfour. Each poem has the same two characters and tells sequentially the story of a widowed mother and her only child, a boy called David. On Strike till 3 is the last poem, its meaning revealed only in the context of the ones that precede it.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGood Press
    Release dateApr 25, 2021
    ISBN4064066130268
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      On Strike Till 3 - Grant Balfour

      Grant Balfour

      On Strike Till 3

      Published by Good Press, 2021

      goodpress@okpublishing.info

      EAN 4064066130268

      Table of Contents

      WHERE UNION DWELT

      CHRISTMAS EVE

      THE LURKING FOE

      ON STRIKE

      ANOTHER CHRISTMAS

      ON STRIKE TILL 3

      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

      Table of Contents

      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

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