Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TRENCHES, SELS, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, to be in canada now that spring / is merry Last Line: Proud the life that shields you from the flaming wind of war! Subject(s): Canada; Flowers; Spring; Canadians | ||||||||
OH, to be in Canada now that Spring is merry, Happy apple blossoms gay against the smiling green; Here the lilac's purple plume and here the pink of cherry, Hillsides just a drift of bloom with clover in between! Oh, to be in Canada! there's a road that rambles Through a leafing maple-wood and up a windy hill, Velvet pussy-willows press soft hands amid the brambles Fringing round a sky-filled pool where cattle drink their fill. Oh, to be in Canada! there's a farmhouse hidden Where the hollow meets the hill and Spring's first footsteps show Not a drop of honey there to any bee for bidden, Not a cherry on a tree but all the robins know! Oh, to be in Canada, now that Spring is calling Sweet, so sweet it breaks the heart to let its sweetness through, Oh, to breast the windy hill while yet the dew is falling Waking all the meadow-larks to carol in the blue! Smile upon us, Canada! None shall fail who love you While they hold a memory of your fields where flowers are High the task to keep unstained the skies that bend above you, Proud the life that shields you from the flaming wind of war! | 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 A CHRISTMAS CHILD by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY |
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