Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE CANADIAN AUTHORS MEET, by FRANCIS REGINALD SCOTT


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THE CANADIAN AUTHORS MEET, by                    
First Line: Expansive puppets percolate self-unction
Last Line: More ways to set the selfsame welkin ringing?
Alternate Author Name(s): Scott, F. R.
Subject(s): Authors And Authorship; Canada; Canadians


Expansive puppets percolate self-unction
Beneath a portrait of the Prince of Wales.
Miss Crotchet's muse has somehow failed to function,
Yet she's a poetess. Beaming, she sails

From group to chattering group, with such a dear
Victorian saintliness, as is her fashion,
Greeting the other unknowns with a cheer—
Virgins of sixty who still write of passion.

The air is heavy with "Canadian" topics,
And Carman, Lampman, Roberts, Campbell, Scott
Are measured for their faith and philanthropics,
Their zeal for God and King, their earnest thought.

The cakes are sweet, but sweeter is the feeling
That one is mixing with the literati;
It warms the old and melts the most congealing.
Really, it is a most delightful party.

Shall we go round the mulberry bush, or shall
We gather at the river, or shall we
Appoint a poet laureate this Fall,
Or shall we have another cup of tea?

O Canada, O Canada, Oh can
A day go by without new authors springing
To paint the native maple, and to plan
More ways to set the selfsame welkin ringing?





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