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The Project Gutenberg EBook of In a Belgian Garden, by F. O. Call 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: In a Belgian Garden and Other Poems Author: F. O. Call Release Date: August 27, 2010 [EBook #33553] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK IN A BELGIAN GARDEN *** Produced by Al Haines 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
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