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In an Old Barn

© 2019 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

© 2019 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface v
  3. Contents vii
  4. Introduction xv
  5. POETRY
  6. Orion and Other Poems
  7. Orion 5
  8. Epistle to W. Bliss Carman 21
  9. Dedication 25
  10. In Divers Tones
  11. Canada 29
  12. Actiæon 32
  13. In the Afternoon 40
  14. The Pipes of Pan 44
  15. To Fredericton in May-Time 47
  16. In September 48
  17. A Serenade 49
  18. Rain 50
  19. The Tantramar Revisited 51
  20. On the Creek 54
  21. The Sower 57
  22. The Potato Harvest 58
  23. Tides 59
  24. Consolation 60
  25. The Footpath 61
  26. Liberty (From the French of Louis Honore Frechette) 63
  27. Birch and Paddle (To Bliss Carman) 64
  28. An Ode for the Canadian Confederacy 68
  29. The Quelling of the Moose (A Melicite Legend) 70
  30. The Departing of Clote Scarp 72
  31. The Poet is Bidden to Manhattan Island 74
  32. Ave: An Ode for the Centenary of the Birth of Percy Bysshe Shelley
  33. Ave 79
  34. Songs of the Common Day
  35. Prologue 95
  36. The Furrow 95
  37. The Waking Earth 96
  38. The Cow Pasture 97
  39. When Milking-Time is Done 97
  40. Frogs 98
  41. The Salt Flats 99
  42. The Pea-Fields 99
  43. The Mowing 100
  44. Burnt Lands 101
  45. The Clearing 101
  46. Buckwheat 102
  47. The Oat-Threshing 103
  48. The Autumn Thistles 103
  49. The Pumpkins in the Corn 104
  50. The Winter Fields 105
  51. In an Old Barn 105
  52. Midwinter Thaw 106
  53. The Flight of the Geese 107
  54. In the Wide Awe and Wisdom of the Night 107
  55. The Herring Weir 108
  56. Blomidon 109
  57. O Solitary of the Austere Sky 109
  58. Marsyas 110
  59. Severance 111
  60. Epitaph for a Sailor Buried Ashore 112
  61. The Silver Thaw 112
  62. The Lily of the Valley 114
  63. The Wild-Rose Thicket 115
  64. Grey Rocks and Greyer Sea 115
  65. New Year's Eve (After the French of Frechette) 116
  66. How the Mohawks Set Out for Medoctec 118
  67. The Wood Frolic 121
  68. The Book of the Native
  69. Where the Cattle Come to Drink 127
  70. An Epitaph for a Husbandman 127
  71. The Stillness of the Frost 129
  72. A Child's Prayer at Evening 129
  73. The Frosted Pane 130
  74. The Brook in February 130
  75. Beside the Winter Sea 131
  76. The Trout Brook 132
  77. Butterflies 134
  78. An August Wood-Road 134
  79. The Lone Wharf 136
  80. Twilight on Sixth Avenue 137
  81. New York Nocturnes and Other Poems
  82. Presence 141
  83. In a City Room 142
  84. A Nocturne of Consecration 143
  85. An Evening Communion 147
  86. Beyond the Tops of Time 149
  87. At Tide Water 152
  88. The Falling Leaves 153
  89. The Solitary Woodsman 154
  90. Ice 156
  91. Ascription 157
  92. Poems
  93. The Skater 161
  94. On the Elevated Railroad at 110th Street 163
  95. The Flocks of Spring 164
  96. Brooklyn Bridge 165
  97. At the Drinking Fountain 166
  98. The Farmer's Winter Morning 167
  99. In the Barn-Yard's Southerly Corner 169
  100. The Logs 171
  101. The Book of the Rose
  102. The Fear of Love 175
  103. The Native 176
  104. Child of the Infinite 178
  105. Lines for an Omar Punch-Bowl 180
  106. The Aim 182
  107. New Poems
  108. 'The Unknown City' 185
  109. O Earth, Sufficing All Our Needs 187
  110. Monition 188
  111. All Night the Lone Cicada 189
  112. From the High Window of Your Room 190
  113. The Hour of Most Desire 191
  114. The Stream 192
  115. Going Over 193
  116. The Vagrant of Time
  117. The Vagrant of Time 197
  118. In the Night Watches 200
  119. Hath Hope Kept Vigil 202
  120. Epitaph 203
  121. Spring Breaks in Foam 204
  122. Philander's Song (From 'The Sprightly Pilgrim') 204
  123. The Iceberg and Other Poems
  124. The Iceberg 207
  125. Taormina 217
  126. Presences 219
  127. The Squatter 221
  128. Westcock Hill 225
  129. Spirit of Beauty 227
  130. Quebec, 1757 (From the French of Philippe Aubert de Gaspe) 229
  131. To a Certain Mystic 230
  132. Canada Speaks of Britain
  133. Peace with Dishonour 235
  134. Two Rivers 236
  135. Twilight over Shaugamauk 240
  136. Critical Prose
  137. The Beginnings of a Canadian Literature 243
  138. The Outlook for Literature: Acadia's Field for Poetry, History and Romance 260
  139. Introduction to Poems of Wild Life 265
  140. Wordsworth's Poetry 271
  141. The Poetry of Nature 276
  142. Shelley's Adonais 282
  143. A Note on Modernism 296
  144. From the Prefatory Note to Selected Poems 302
  145. Notes 305
  146. Bibliography 317
  147. Index of Poems 319
Selected Poetry and Critical Prose Charles G.D. Roberts
This chapter is in the book Selected Poetry and Critical Prose Charles G.D. Roberts
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487580285-044

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Preface v
  3. Contents vii
  4. Introduction xv
  5. POETRY
  6. Orion and Other Poems
  7. Orion 5
  8. Epistle to W. Bliss Carman 21
  9. Dedication 25
  10. In Divers Tones
  11. Canada 29
  12. Actiæon 32
  13. In the Afternoon 40
  14. The Pipes of Pan 44
  15. To Fredericton in May-Time 47
  16. In September 48
  17. A Serenade 49
  18. Rain 50
  19. The Tantramar Revisited 51
  20. On the Creek 54
  21. The Sower 57
  22. The Potato Harvest 58
  23. Tides 59
  24. Consolation 60
  25. The Footpath 61
  26. Liberty (From the French of Louis Honore Frechette) 63
  27. Birch and Paddle (To Bliss Carman) 64
  28. An Ode for the Canadian Confederacy 68
  29. The Quelling of the Moose (A Melicite Legend) 70
  30. The Departing of Clote Scarp 72
  31. The Poet is Bidden to Manhattan Island 74
  32. Ave: An Ode for the Centenary of the Birth of Percy Bysshe Shelley
  33. Ave 79
  34. Songs of the Common Day
  35. Prologue 95
  36. The Furrow 95
  37. The Waking Earth 96
  38. The Cow Pasture 97
  39. When Milking-Time is Done 97
  40. Frogs 98
  41. The Salt Flats 99
  42. The Pea-Fields 99
  43. The Mowing 100
  44. Burnt Lands 101
  45. The Clearing 101
  46. Buckwheat 102
  47. The Oat-Threshing 103
  48. The Autumn Thistles 103
  49. The Pumpkins in the Corn 104
  50. The Winter Fields 105
  51. In an Old Barn 105
  52. Midwinter Thaw 106
  53. The Flight of the Geese 107
  54. In the Wide Awe and Wisdom of the Night 107
  55. The Herring Weir 108
  56. Blomidon 109
  57. O Solitary of the Austere Sky 109
  58. Marsyas 110
  59. Severance 111
  60. Epitaph for a Sailor Buried Ashore 112
  61. The Silver Thaw 112
  62. The Lily of the Valley 114
  63. The Wild-Rose Thicket 115
  64. Grey Rocks and Greyer Sea 115
  65. New Year's Eve (After the French of Frechette) 116
  66. How the Mohawks Set Out for Medoctec 118
  67. The Wood Frolic 121
  68. The Book of the Native
  69. Where the Cattle Come to Drink 127
  70. An Epitaph for a Husbandman 127
  71. The Stillness of the Frost 129
  72. A Child's Prayer at Evening 129
  73. The Frosted Pane 130
  74. The Brook in February 130
  75. Beside the Winter Sea 131
  76. The Trout Brook 132
  77. Butterflies 134
  78. An August Wood-Road 134
  79. The Lone Wharf 136
  80. Twilight on Sixth Avenue 137
  81. New York Nocturnes and Other Poems
  82. Presence 141
  83. In a City Room 142
  84. A Nocturne of Consecration 143
  85. An Evening Communion 147
  86. Beyond the Tops of Time 149
  87. At Tide Water 152
  88. The Falling Leaves 153
  89. The Solitary Woodsman 154
  90. Ice 156
  91. Ascription 157
  92. Poems
  93. The Skater 161
  94. On the Elevated Railroad at 110th Street 163
  95. The Flocks of Spring 164
  96. Brooklyn Bridge 165
  97. At the Drinking Fountain 166
  98. The Farmer's Winter Morning 167
  99. In the Barn-Yard's Southerly Corner 169
  100. The Logs 171
  101. The Book of the Rose
  102. The Fear of Love 175
  103. The Native 176
  104. Child of the Infinite 178
  105. Lines for an Omar Punch-Bowl 180
  106. The Aim 182
  107. New Poems
  108. 'The Unknown City' 185
  109. O Earth, Sufficing All Our Needs 187
  110. Monition 188
  111. All Night the Lone Cicada 189
  112. From the High Window of Your Room 190
  113. The Hour of Most Desire 191
  114. The Stream 192
  115. Going Over 193
  116. The Vagrant of Time
  117. The Vagrant of Time 197
  118. In the Night Watches 200
  119. Hath Hope Kept Vigil 202
  120. Epitaph 203
  121. Spring Breaks in Foam 204
  122. Philander's Song (From 'The Sprightly Pilgrim') 204
  123. The Iceberg and Other Poems
  124. The Iceberg 207
  125. Taormina 217
  126. Presences 219
  127. The Squatter 221
  128. Westcock Hill 225
  129. Spirit of Beauty 227
  130. Quebec, 1757 (From the French of Philippe Aubert de Gaspe) 229
  131. To a Certain Mystic 230
  132. Canada Speaks of Britain
  133. Peace with Dishonour 235
  134. Two Rivers 236
  135. Twilight over Shaugamauk 240
  136. Critical Prose
  137. The Beginnings of a Canadian Literature 243
  138. The Outlook for Literature: Acadia's Field for Poetry, History and Romance 260
  139. Introduction to Poems of Wild Life 265
  140. Wordsworth's Poetry 271
  141. The Poetry of Nature 276
  142. Shelley's Adonais 282
  143. A Note on Modernism 296
  144. From the Prefatory Note to Selected Poems 302
  145. Notes 305
  146. Bibliography 317
  147. Index of Poems 319
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