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Title: In a Belgian Garden
and Other Poems

Author: F. O. Call

Release Date: August 27, 2010 [EBook #33553]

Language: English

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IN A BELGIAN GARDEN

AND OTHER POEMS

BY

F. O. CALL

LONDON

ERSKINE MACDONALD, LTD.

MCMXVII

TO

E. H. G.

THE BEST OF FRIENDS

THIS LITTLE BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED

Author's Note

Many of the poems in this volume have appeared before in various
publications and I wish to thank the editors of the "Canadian
Magazine," the "University Magazine," the "Westminster," the "Canada
West," and other periodicals for permission to reprint these verses.

F. O. C.

BISHOP'S COLLEGE,
LENNOXVILLE, CANADA.

Contents

INTRODUCTION
IN A BELGIAN GARDEN
A LINCOLNSHIRE MAIDEN
HIDDEN TREASURE
A RIVER SUNSET
THE MADONNA
AN IDOL IN A SHOP WINDOW
THROUGH A LONG CLOISTER
THE CHAMBLY RAPID
THE SNOWDRIFT
ON MOUNT ROYAL
THE VISION
A YEAR AGO
ETERNITY
THE OLD SCHOOL BELL
ON A SWISS MOUNTAIN
RHEIMS
THE MYSTIC
A SONG OF THE HOMELAND
THE FROZEN BROOK
THE INDIFFERENT ONES
IN A FOREST
THE SHIPS OF MEMORY
THE OBELISK
THE PARTING WAYS
CALVARY
THE GOLDEN BOWL
THE LACE-MAKER OF BRUGES

Introduction

Most of the poems contained in this collection are of recent date,
though their author--who is at present Professor of Modern Languages at
Bishop's College, Quebec--has written verse from his childhood. He is
the first Canadian writer to be included in this series, and is as
affectionately loyal to the Motherland as to his native country, as may
be gathered from his "Song of the Homeland." His verse has already
earned a considerable reputation in Canada, in whose Press much of it
has appeared. Educated at Stanstead College, he took his degree at the
University where he now lectures, and has also studied in Paris,
Marburg and Switzerland. Several of his poems are concerned with the
sorrow and the ravished beauty