Poetry

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…

The Voice and the Dusk By  Duncan Campbell Scott The slender moon and one pale star,     A rose-leaf and a silver bee From some god’s garden blown af…

A Love Song By  Duncan Campbell Scott I gave her a rose in early June, Fed with the sun and the dew, Each petal I said is a note in the tune, The ros…

Life and Death By  Duncan Campbell Scott I thought of death beside the lonely sea, That went beyond the limit of my sight, Seeming the image of his m…