Spring (Poem by Duncan Campbell Scott) Spring (Song) By Duncan Campbell Scott Sing me a song of the early spring, Of the yellow light where the clear air cools, Of the lithe willows bourg…
Snowfall on a Battle-field (Poem by Edwin John Dove Pratt) Snowfall on a Battle-field By Edwin John Dove Pratt Compassion of heaven, From night's crystal bars, Falling so gently In wreaths of whi…
The Butterfly's Day (Poem by Emily Dickinson) The Butterfly's Day By Emily Dickinson From cocoon forth a butterfly As lady from her door Emerged — a summer afternoon — Repairing everywhere,…
Retrospect (Poem by Emily Dickinson) Retrospect By Emily Dickinson 'T was just this time last year I died. I know I heard the corn, When I was carried by the farms, — It ha…
A Lincolnshire Maiden (Poem by Frank Oliver Call) A Lincolnshire Maiden By Frank Oliver Call Long the eastern beaches, Where brown the seaweed grows, And over broad salt meadows, The green t…
The Need of Being Versed in Country Things (Poem by Robert Lee Frost) The Need of Being Versed in Country Things By Robert Lee Frost The house had gone to bring again To the midnight sky a sunset glow. Now the chimney …
Noormahal the Fair (Poem by Victor Hugo) Noormahal the Fair By Victor Hugo Between two ebon rocks Behold yon sombre den, Where brambles bristle like the locks Of wool between …
An Idol in A Shop Window (Poem by Frank Oliver Call) An Idol in A Shop Window By Frank Oliver Call Old Lohan peers through the dusty glass, From a jumble of curios quaint and rare; And he watches t…
Queen's Jubilee (Poem by James McIntyre) Queen's Jubilee Ode, 1887 By James McIntyre Canada proves her devotion To her who rules o'er land and sea, For loyal thoughts do hearts insp…
The Old Snake Fence (Poem by James McIntyre) The Old Snake Fence By James McIntyre In early times the pioneer When a few acres he did clear, He found 'an ample recompense For splitting rail…
Mammoth Cheese (Poem by James McIntyre) Mammoth Cheese By James McIntyre Weight over seven thousand pounds. We have seen thee, queen of cheese, Lying quietly at your ease, Gently fanned by…
A Ripple Song (Poem by Rudyard Kipling) A Ripple Song By Rudyard Kipling Once a ripple came to land In the golden sunset burning — Lapped against a maiden's hand, By the ford …
Going for Water (Poem by Robert Lee Frost) Going for Water By Robert Lee Frost The well was dry beside the door, And so we went with pail and can Across the fields behind the house To…
Agricultural Implements (Poem by James McIntyre) Agricultural Implements By James McIntyre Poor laborers they did sad bewail, When the machine displaced the flail, There's little work now with …