Classic and Contemporary Poetry
YOUNG CANADA, OR JACK'S AS GOOD AS HIS MASTER, by ALEXANDER MCLACHLAN Poet's Biography First Line: I love this land of forest grand Last Line: And jack's as good's his master! Subject(s): Canada; Patriotism; Canadians | ||||||||
I love this land of forest grand! The land where labour's free; Let others roam away from home, Be this the land for me! Where no one moils, and strains and toils, That snobs may thrive the faster; And all are free, as men should be, And Jack's as good's his master! Where none are slaves, that lordly knaves May idle all the year; For rank and caste are of the past, They'll never flourish here! And Jew or Turk if he'll but work, Need never fear disaster; He reaps the crop he sowed in hope, For Jack's as good's his master! Our aristocracy of toil Have made us what you see The nobles of the forge and soil, With ne'er a pedigree! It makes one feel himself a man, His very blood leaps faster, Where wit or worth's preferred to birth, And Jack's as good's his master! Here's to the land of forests grand! The land where labour's free; Let others roam away from home, Be this the land for me! For here 'tis plain, the heart and brain, The very soul grows vaster! Where men are free, as they should be, And Jack's as good's his master! | 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 IN THE FOREST by ALEXANDER MCLACHLAN |
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