Poem by Emily Pauline Johnson

Canada

(ACROSTIC)

Crown of her, young Vancouver; crest of her, old Quebec;
Atlantic and far Pacific sweeping her, keel to deck.
North of her, ice and arctics; southward a rival's stealth;
Aloft, her Empire's pennant; below, her nation's wealth.
Daughter of men and markets, bearing within her hold,
Appraised at highest value, cargoes of grain and gold.

1. The Indian Corn Planter
2. Re-Voyage
3. At Half-Mast
4. The Songster
5. At Crow's Nest Pass

Charles Roberts Canada ("O Child of Nations, giant-limbed")

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