The Song of the Exile--A Canadian Epic

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Title: The Song of the Exile--A Canadian Epic
Author: Wilfred S. Skeats
Release Date: March 29, 2007 [EBook #20939]
Language: English
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THE
SONG OF THE EXILE
A CANADIAN EPIC
Visions and Miscellaneous Poems
BY

WILFRED S. SKEATS
TORONTO
HART & COMPANY
31 & 33 KING ST. WEST
1891
Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the Office of
the Minister of Agriculture, by HART & COMPANY, in the year one
thousand eight hundred and ninety.
_DEDICATION_.
_To Thee, whose cheering words have urged me on
When fainting
heart advised me to stay
My halting pen, and leave my task undone:

To Thee, I humbly dedicate this lay.
Strong, womanly heart! whose
long-enduring pain
Has not sufficed to rend thy faith in twain,
But
rather teaches thee to sympathise
With those whose path through pain
and darkness lies
Thyself forgetting, if but thou canst be
Of aid to
others in adversity;
The helpful word, the approbative smile
From
thee have ever greeted me, the while
None other cheered. Then let
this tribute be
A token of my gratitude to Thee_.
CONTENTS.
PAGE.
THE SONG OF THE EXILE:
Canto the First 9
Canto the Second 29
Canto the Third 49
Canto the Fourth 71
Canto the Fifth 93
Footnotes 118
VISIONS:
The New Resolve 121
The Higher Duty 124
The Hidden Purpose 127
MISCELLANEOUS:

The Serpent 135
Pro Deo et Patria 137
Despondency 139
To L. W. 142
You Wrong Me Kate 145
Flossie 147
To Ethel