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  A TREASURY OF
  CANADIAN VERSE




  For English natures, freemen, friends,
  Thy brothers and immortal souls.

                       _--Love thou thy Land._




[Illustration: Title Page]

  A TREASURY

  OF

  CANADIAN VERSE

  WITH BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL
  NOTES

  SELECTED AND EDITED BY

  THEODORE H. RAND

  D.C.L.

  AUTHOR OF

  'AT MINES BASIN AND OTHER POEMS'

  [Illustration: Decoration]

  NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.
  LONDON: J. M. DENT & CO.

  1900




_All rights reserved_




  THIS ANTHOLOGY OF ENGLISH-CANADIAN VERSE

  IS INSCRIBED WITH AFFECTIONATE ADMIRATION

  TO

  LOUIS FRÉCHETTE

  LL.D., F.R.S. CAN.

  C.M.G.

  THE LAMARTINE OF CANADA




PREFACE


To one opening this book for the first time, it may be permissible
to say that the verse included in the volume does not treat solely
nor chiefly of Canadian themes. While Canadian environment and life
necessarily supply the note of inspiration and impart its timbre and
accent, the thought and emotion are of wide range, and seek response in
the universal heart.

The practical energies of the Canadian people