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              [Illustration: LIEUT.-COL. J. R. WILKINSON.

                  _Late Commanding 21st Fusiliers._]




                         CANADIAN BATTLEFIELDS

                            And Other Poems

                                  BY

                      LIEUT.-COL. J. R. WILKINSON

                       PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY

                            WILLIAM BRIGGS

                                TORONTO
                                 1899

     Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year
     one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, by JOHN RICHARDSON
     WILKINSON, at the Department of Agriculture.




PREFACE.


In submitting “Canadian Battlefields and Other Poems” to a discerning
public, I realize it may be marred by many errors; the harp may not
always be in tune--some chords may jar upon the fastidious ear. Rhythm
and harmony may not always present that mysterious appeal to the soul
that approves, and proves the worth of all. Yet, withal, I feel that
some thoughts and emotions of patriotism, love of home, the song of
nature, the mystery of creation, and the impenetrable depths of
infinitude