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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