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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Thoughts, Moods and Ideals: Crimes of Leisure, by W.D. Lighthall This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Thoughts, Moods and Ideals: Crimes of Leisure Author: W.D. Lighthall Release Date: January 6, 2005 [EBook #14616] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THOUGHTS, MOODS AND IDEALS: *** Produced by Canadiana.org, Wallace McLean, Charles Bidwell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team THOUGHTS, MOODS AND IDEALS Crimes of Leisure by W.D. LIGHTHALL, ADVOCATE. Montreal: "WITNESS" PRINTING HOUSE, ST. JAMES STREET 1887 Dedicated to My Friends. THOUGHTS, MOODS AND IDEALS. THE CONFUSED DAWN. YOUNG MAN 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! SEER 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. (1882.) NATIONAL HYMN. To Thee whose smile is might and fame, A nation lifts united praise And asks but that Thy purpose frame A _useful_ glory for its days. We pray no sunset lull of rest, No pomp and bannered pride of war; We hold stern labor manliest, The just side real conqueror. For strength we thank Thee: keep us strong, And grant us pride of skilful toil; For homes we thank Thee: may we long Have each some Eden rood of soil. O, keep our mothers kind and dear, And make the fathers stern and wise; The maiden soul preserve sincere, And rise before the young man's eyes. Crush out the jest of idle minds, That know not, jesting, when to hush; Keep on our lips th
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