Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw), 1857-1954 / 2008-10-21 00:00:00
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THOUGHTS, MOODS AND IDEALS
Crimes of Leisure
by
W.D. LIGHTHALL,
ADVOCATE.
Montreal:
"WITNESS" PRINTING HOUSE, ST. JAMES STREET
1887
Dedicated
to
My Friends.
THOUGHTS, MOODS AND IDEALS.
THE CONFUSED DAWN.
YOUNG MAN
What are the Vision and the Cry
That haunt the new Canadian soul?
Dim grandeur spreads we know not why
O'er mountain, forest, tree and knoll,
And murmurs indistinctly fly.--
Some magic moment sure is nigh.
O Seer, the curtain roll!
SEER
The Vision, mortal, it is this--
Dead mountain, forest, knoll and tree
Awaken all endued with bliss,
A native land--O think!--to be--
_Thy_ native land--and ne'er amiss,
Its smile shall like a lover's kiss
From henceforth seem to thee.
The Cry thou couldst not understand,
Which runs through that new realm of light,
From Breton's to Vancouver's strand
O'er many a lovely landscape bright,
It is their waking utterance grand,
The great refrain "A NATIVE LAND!"--
Thine be the ear, the sight.
(1882.)
NATIONAL HYMN.
To Thee whose smile is might and fame,
A nation lifts united praise
And asks but that Thy purpose frame
A _useful_ glory for its days.
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