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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: CANADIANS Matches Found: 47 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` "COME, YE LADS WHO WISH TO SHINE", by ANONYMOUS Poem Text Last Line: "danger face, maintain your ground / and see your country righted" Subject(s): Canada;war Of 1812; Canadians A CANADIAN BOAT SONG; WRITTEN ON THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE, by THOMAS MOORE Poem Text Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: Faintly as tolls the evening chime Last Line: The rapids are near, and the daylight's past! Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Boats; Canada; St. Lawrence River; Canadians A SPEED OF HISTORY, by MARGARET AVISON Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: One brilliantly cold alberta day Subject(s): New Year; Time; Canada; Canadians AT STE. THERESE, by SUSAN FRANCES HARRISON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The quaint stiff metres of olden france? Last Line: Over the lombardy poplar trees. Alternate Author Name(s): Seranus; Frances, Susan Subject(s): Canada; Churches; France; Canadians; Cathedrals AT THE CEDARS, by DUNCAN CAMPBELL SCOTT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: You had two girls, baptiste Last Line: Is not known to me. Alternate Author Name(s): Scott, D. C. Subject(s): Canada; Heroism; Tragedy; Canadians; Heroes; Heroines AT THE TOURIST CENTER IN BOSTON, by MARGARET ATWOOD Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: There is my country under glass Subject(s): Canada; Canadians AWAKENING, by F. C. OLDRIDGE Poem Text First Line: A nation yawns and stretches Last Line: Gleams upon the brow of canada! Subject(s): Canada; Growth; Canadians CANADA, by ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Where canada spreads forth her deserts hoar Last Line: And bound in wampum leagues bids savage discord cease. Alternate Author Name(s): Aikin, Anna Letitia Subject(s): Canada; Canadians CANADA, by BILLY COLLINS Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am writing this on a strip of white birch bark Subject(s): Canada; Canadians CANADA, by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Crown of her, young vancouver; crest of her, old quebec Last Line: Appraised at highest value, cargoes of grain and gold. Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake Subject(s): Canada; Geography; Canadians CANADA, by CHARLES GEORGE DOUGLAS ROBERTS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O child of nations, giant-limbed Last Line: Bursts the uprising sun! Subject(s): Canada; Freedom; Patriotism; Canadians; Liberty CANADA, by CARROLL RYAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Dear native land! Thy wand'ring child Last Line: The banner of the free! Alternate Author Name(s): Ryan, William Thomas Carroll Subject(s): Canada; Freedom; National Songs; Canadians; Liberty; National Anthems CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Let politicians talk their fill Last Line: That nations can as brothers love. Subject(s): Canada; United States; Canadians; America CANADA NOT LAST, by WILLIAM DOUW LIGHTHALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Lo venice, gay with color, lights and song Last Line: Tive land. Alternate Author Name(s): Schuyler-lighthall, William Douw Subject(s): Canada; Italy; Patriotism; Canadians; Italians CANADA OUR HOME, by CARROLL RYAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The skies are fair that beam above Last Line: Of canada our home. Alternate Author Name(s): Ryan, William Thomas Carroll Subject(s): Canada; Home; Canadians CANADA: CASE HISTORY: 1945, by EARL (EARLE) BIRNEY Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: This is the case of a high-school land Subject(s): Canada; Youth; Modern Life; Canadians CANADIAN BORN, by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: We first saw light in canada the land beloved of god Last Line: That they were born in canada beneath the british flag. Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake Subject(s): Canada; Nations; Pride; Canadians; Self-esteem; Self-respect CANADIAN HUNTER'S SONG, by SUSANNA STRICKLAND MOODIE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The northern lights are flashing Last Line: And bid him welcome home! Alternate Author Name(s): Strickland, Susanna Subject(s): Canada; Hunting; Canadians; Hunters CANADIANS AND POTTAWATOMIES, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I have seen a loneliness sit Subject(s): Loneliness; Canada; Native Americans; Canadians; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America DE NICE LEETLE CANADIENNE, by WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND Poem Text First Line: You can pass on de worl' w'erever you lak Last Line: Of dat nice leetle canadienne. Subject(s): Canada; Canadians ELEGIAC SONNET: 61. SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN IN AMERICA, by CHARLOTTE SMITH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ill-omen'd bird! Whose cries portentous float Last Line: When, from ideal ill, the enfeebled spirit fails! Alternate Author Name(s): Smith, Charlotte Turner Subject(s): Canada; Canadians GOODBYE, LITTLE CABIN, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O dear little cabin, I've loved you so long Last Line: God bless you, old cabin, good-bye! Subject(s): Canada; Home; Canadians HEART O' THE NORTH, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: And when I come to the dim trail-end Last Line: Eternity passing over. Subject(s): Canada; Future Life; North, The; Canadians; Retribution; Eternity; After Life HOW BATEESE CAME HOME, by WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND Poem Text First Line: W'en I was young boy on de farm, dat's twenty year ago Last Line: "kebeck she's good enough for me -- hooraw pour canadaw." Subject(s): Canada; Homecoming; Canadians INSCRIPTION FOR A MONUMENT IN THE NEW FOREST, by ROBERT SOUTHEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: This is the place where william's kingly power Last Line: Pray for the wicked rulers of mankind. Subject(s): Canada; Courts & Courtiers; Evil; Forests; King, William Lyon Mackenzie (1874-1950); Prayer; Canadians; Woods KNOWLEDGE, by FREDERICK GEORGE SCOTT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: They were islanders, our fathers were Last Line: Who are brave and true. Alternate Author Name(s): Scott, F. G. Subject(s): Canada; Explorers; Canadians; Exploring; Discovery; Discoverers LOST AND FOUND, by CHARLES SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In the mildest, greenest grove Last Line: In calm supernal gleams. Subject(s): Canada; Love; Nature; Youth; Canadians MY ENGLISH LETTER, by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: When each white moon, her lantern idly swinging Last Line: That drifts into my sun-kissed western home. Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake Subject(s): Canada; England; Canadians; English MY GARRET, by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Here is my garret up five flights of stairs Last Line: If wealth be told in terms of happiness. Subject(s): Canada; Paris, France; Canadians OLD CANADA; OR, GEE BUCK GEE, by ALEXANDER MCLACHLAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The country's goin' fast to ruin! Last Line: Ain't it a caution?—gee buck gee! Subject(s): Canada; Education; Farm Life; Progress; Canadians; Agriculture; Farmers OLD NICK IN SOREL, by STANDISH HAYES O'GRADY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Old nick took a fancy, as many men tell Last Line: Will winter in hell and be here in the summer. Subject(s): Canada; Christmas; Santa Claus; Weather; Winter; Canadians; Nativity, The; Nicholas, Saint RIEL, THE REBEL, by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: He died at dawn in the land of snows Last Line: And its thousand banners flying! Alternate Author Name(s): Miller, Joaquin Subject(s): Canada; Freedom; Riel, Louis (1844-1885); Canadians; Liberty THE ATHABASCA TRAIL, by ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: My life is gliding downwards; it speeds swifter to the day Last Line: I'll be out with pack and packer on the athabasca trail. Subject(s): Canada; Nature; Roads; Canadians; Paths; Trails THE CANADIAN AUTHORS MEET, by FRANCIS REGINALD SCOTT Poem Text First Line: Expansive puppets percolate self-unction Last Line: More ways to set the selfsame welkin ringing? Alternate Author Name(s): Scott, F. R. Subject(s): Authors And Authorship; Canada; Canadians THE CONFUSED DAWN, by WILLIAM DOUW LIGHTHALL Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: What are the vision and the cry Last Line: Thine be the ear, the sight. Alternate Author Name(s): Schuyler-lighthall, William Douw Subject(s): Canada; Canadians THE RIDERS OF THE PLAINS, by EMILY PAULINE JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who is it lacks the knowledge? Who are the curs that dare Last Line: And they keep the peace of our people and the honour of british law. Alternate Author Name(s): Tekahionwake Subject(s): Canada; Courage; Great Britain - Commonwealth & Colonies; Honor; North West Mounted Police (canada); Canadians; Valor; Bravery; British Empire; England - Empire THE SNOWS, by CHARLES SANGSTER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Over the snows / buoyantly goes Last Line: To sing of the raftsmen's cheer. Subject(s): Canada; Inland Waters; Rivers; Canadians THE SONG OF THE MICMAC, by JOSEPH HOWE (1804-1873) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! Who on the mountain, the plain, or the wave Last Line: With triumph shall smile on the spots where they fell. Subject(s): Canada; Nature; Canadians THE TRENCHES, SELS, by ISABEL ECCLESTONE MACKAY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, to be in canada now that spring / is merry Last Line: Proud the life that shields you from the flaming wind of war! Subject(s): Canada; Flowers; Spring; Canadians THE VISIONS OF MACKENZIE KING, by JOHN UPDIKE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I, william lyon mackenzie king Subject(s): Canada; King, William Lyon Mackenzie (1874-1950); Canadians TO CHARLEY, by GEORGE FREDERICK CAMERON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Hast thou the poet-gift? Thou hast Last Line: A sheridan—without his shames! Subject(s): Brothers; Canada; Epigram (as Literary Form); Honor; Poetry & Poets; Half-brothers; Canadians TWO CAMPERS IN CLOUD COUNTRY, by SYLVIA PLATH Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In this country there is neither measure nor balance Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Ted, Mrs. Subject(s): Canada; Nature; Canadians TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO, by WILLIAM HENRY DRUMMOND Poem Text First Line: Two honder year ago, de worl' is purty slow Last Line: For de flag of de salle an' cadillac. Subject(s): Canada; Canadians WHITE EYES, by ANNE WALDMAN Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Friends & relatives Last Line: & everybody was watching. Subject(s): Ancestry & Ancestors; Canada; Family Life; Travel; Canadians; Relatives; Journeys; Trips WILDERNESS GOTHIC, by ALFRED WELLINGTON PURDY Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Across roblin lake, two shores away Alternate Author Name(s): Purdy, Al Subject(s): Canada; Canadians WINTER IN LOWER CANADA, FR. THE EMIGRANT, by STANDISH HAYES O'GRADY Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Thou barren waste; unprofitable strand Last Line: And one sound policy conduct the whole. Subject(s): Canada; Winter; Canadians YOUNG CANADA, OR JACK'S AS GOOD AS HIS MASTER, by ALEXANDER MCLACHLAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I love this land of forest grand Last Line: And jack's as good's his master! Subject(s): Canada; Patriotism; Canadians |
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