LIEUT.-COL. J. R. WILKINSON.
Late Commanding 21st Fusiliers.
Canadian Battlefields
And Other Poems
BY
LIEUT.-COL. J. R. WILKINSON
PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY
WILLIAM BRIGGS
TORONTO
1899
Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the yearone thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, by John RichardsonWilkinson, at the Department of Agriculture.
PREFACE.
In submitting “Canadian Battlefields and Other Poems” to a discerningpublic, I realize it may be marred by many errors; the harp may notalways be in tune—some chords may jar upon the fastidious ear. Rhythmand harmony may not always present that mysterious appeal to the soulthat approves, and proves the worth of all. Yet, withal, I feel thatsome thoughts and emotions of patriotism, love of home, the song ofnature, the mystery of creation, and the impenetrable depths ofinfinitude, may be found and approved.
The subtle voice of nature, the voices of love, home, and country, haveever appealed to me, and impelled me to sing my humble song. And thus,in doubt and uncertainty, I cast it out on the world—the reading,critical public—asking that the pure, white veil of charity may concealits rough edges and inequalities.
Let smiles, not frowns, his rugged path assail;
Better with blinded eyes his faults to scan
Than let the sin of wrong and scorn prevail.
J. R. WILKINSON.
Leamington, 1899.
CONTENTS.
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| What Shall I Sing? | 9 | ||
| Speak Now | 12 | ||
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