Growing Up (Poem by C. J. Dennis)
Growing Up By C. J. Dennis Little Tommy Tadpole began to weep and wail, For little Tommy Tadpole had lost his little tail; And his mother didn&#…
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A Stick of Incense (Poem by William Butler Yeats)
A Stick of Incense By William Butler Yeats Whence did all that fury come? From empty tomb or Virgin womb? Saint Joseph thought the world would melt …
On R.A., Esq. (Poem by Robert Burns)
On R.A., Esq. By Robert Burns Know thou, O stranger to the fame Of this much lov’d, much honour’d name! (For none that knew him need be told) A warm…
Plowmen (Poem by Robert Lee Frost)
Plowmen By Robert Lee Frost A plow, they say, to plow the snow. They cannot mean to plant it, though — Unless in bitterness to mock At having culti…
Canadian Voyageurs on the Nile (Poem by James McIntyre)
Canadian Voyageurs on the Nile By James McIntyre The British soldiers on the Nile With gratitude did kindly smile, On the Canadian voyageurs Who ski…
St. Thomas (Poem by James McIntyre)
St. Thomas 1884 By James McIntyre At time of Oddfellows Grand Lodge meeting. Oddfellows once they had to trudge O'er rough stage road to the Gra…
The Prairie (Poem by Rudyard Kipling)
The Prairie By Rudyard Kipling 'I see the grass shake in the sun for leagues on either hand, I see a river loop and run about a treeless land — …
T. D. McGee (Poem by James McIntyre)
T. D. McGee By James McIntyre Having been kindly invited as a member of the Mechanics' Institute some 25 years ago by the late Jeremiah O'Ne…
Bessie and the Bunyip (Poem by C. J. Dennis)
Bessie and the Bunyip By C. J. Dennis Bessie met a bunyip down along the track, In his hand a billy and a swag upon his back. And you wi…