Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CONFUSED DAWN, by WILLIAM DOUW LIGHTHALL Poet's Biography First Line: What are the vision and the cry Last Line: Thine be the ear, the sight. Alternate Author Name(s): Schuyler-lighthall, William Douw Subject(s): Canada; Canadians | ||||||||
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! 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...CANADA: CASE HISTORY: 1945 by EARL (EARLE) BIRNEY TWO CAMPERS IN CLOUD COUNTRY by SYLVIA PLATH THE VISIONS OF MACKENZIE KING by JOHN UPDIKE AT THE TOURIST CENTER IN BOSTON by MARGARET ATWOOD A CANADIAN BOAT SONG; WRITTEN ON THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE by THOMAS MOORE WILDERNESS GOTHIC by ALFRED WELLINGTON PURDY CANADA by CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS THE BATTLE OF LA PRAIRIE, 1691 by WILLIAM DOUW LIGHTHALL |
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