ng verses relative to the
siege of Quebec and the death of Wolfe have been taken from Dr.
Withrow's "History of Canada," and I take this opportunity of
acknowledging my indebtedness to the author. The history has been
invaluable to me in the composition of this poem. Without its help the
"Song" would have been far more incomplete than it now is.--_W. S. S._]

[Footnote C: "Pale and weak with recent illness, Wolfe reclined among
his officers, and, in a low tone, blending with the rippling of the
river, recited several stanzas of the recent poem, Gray's 'Elegy
Written in a Country Churchyard.' Perhaps the shadow of his
approaching fate stole upon his mind, as in mournful cadence he
whispered the strangely pathetic words:

'The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth ere gave,
Alike await the inexorable hour,
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.'

"With a prescience of the hollowness of military renown, he exclaimed,
'I would rather have written those lines than take Quebec
to-morrow.'"--_Withrow's History of Canada, p. 246_.]

[Footnote D:

Yet in spite of thy queenly disdain,
Thou art seared by my passion and pain;
Thou shall hear me repeat till I die for it, Sweet,
"I love thee! I dare to love _thee_."

--_Marie Corelli, "The Romance of Two Worlds."_]

[Footnote E: "The Berlin Decree" of Napoleon, issued November 1, 1806,
declared a blockade of the entire British coast. * * * Great Britain
retaliated by the celebrated "Orders-in-Council," which declared all
traffic with France contraband, and the vessels prosecuting it, with
their cargoes, were seized. These restrictions pressed heavily on the
neutrals, especially the United States, which now engrossed much of the
carrying trade of the world.--_Withrow's History of Canada_, p. 301.]

[Footnote F: War was precipitately declared June 18, 1812. * * *
Almost simultaneously the obnoxious "Orders-in-Council," the chief
ostensible cause of the war, were repealed.--_Ibid_, p. 303.]

[Footnote G: Another cause conspired to fan the war feeling to a
flame. Great Britain, pressed by the difficulty of managing her
immense fleets, asserted the "right of search" of American vessels for
deserters from her army. The U. S. frigate Chesapeake resisted this
right, though sanctioned by international law.--_Ibid_, p. 302.]

[Footnote H: Psalm viii.]

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