Poetry

Labor and the Angel By  Duncan Campbell Scott The wind plunges — then stops; And a column of leaves in a whirl, Like a dervish that spins — drops, Wi…

The Apparition By  Duncan Campbell Scott Gentle angel with your mantle,     All of tender green, I was yearning for a vision     Of the life unseen. …

A Summer Storm By  Duncan Campbell Scott Last night a storm fell on the world     From heights of drouth and heat, The surly clouds for weeks were fu…

The Silence of Love By  Duncan Campbell Scott My heart would need the earth,     My voice would need the sea, To only tell the one half     How dear …

The Lover to His Lass By  Duncan Campbell Scott Crown her with stars, this angel of our planet, Cover her with morning, this thing of pure delight, M…

Summer (Song) By  Duncan Campbell Scott Sing me a song of the summer time, Of the sorrel red and the ruby clover, Where the garrulous bobolinks lilt …

The Reed-Player To B. C. By  Duncan Campbell Scott By a dim shore where water darkening     Took the last light of spring, I went beyond the tumult, …

To a Canadian Lad Killed in the War By  Duncan Campbell Scott O noble youth that held our honour in keeping, And bore it sacred through the battle fl…

A Flock of Sheep To C. G. D. R. By  Duncan Campbell Scott Over the field the bright air clings and tingles,     In the gold sunset while the red wind…

The Canadian’s Home (Song) By  Duncan Campbell Scott There is rain upon the window, There is wind upon the tree; The rain is slowly sobbing, The wind…

Fragment of an Ode to Canada By  Duncan Campbell Scott This is the land! It lies outstretched a vision of delight, Bent like a shield between the sil…