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    A Canadian Calendar: XII Lyrics
    A Canadian Calendar: XII Lyrics
    A Canadian Calendar: XII Lyrics
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    A Canadian Calendar: XII Lyrics

    By Francis Sherman

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    DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Canadian Calendar: XII Lyrics" by Francis Sherman. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
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    Release dateAug 15, 2022
    ISBN8596547175124
    A Canadian Calendar: XII Lyrics

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      A Canadian Calendar - Francis Sherman

      Francis Sherman

      A Canadian Calendar: XII Lyrics

      EAN 8596547175124

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      I. IN THE NORTH.

      II. A ROAD SONG IN MAY.

      III. THE LANDSMAN.

      IV. THE GHOST.

      V. A SONG IN AUGUST.

      VI. TO AUTUMN.

      VII. THREE GREY DAYS.

      VIII. THE WATCH.

      IX. THE SEEKERS.

      X. FELLOWSHIP .

      XI. THE LODGER.

      XII. MARCH WIND.

      "

      I. IN THE NORTH.

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      Come, let us go and be glad again together

      Where of old our eyes were opened and we knew that we were free!

      Come, for it is April, and her hands have loosed the tether

      That has bound for long her children.—who her children more than we?

      Hark! hear you not how the strong waters thunder

      Down through the alders with the word they have to bring?

      Even now they win the meadow and the withered turf is

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