Joseph Horatio Chant
Reading edition
Printed for the Author by WILLIAM BRIGGS TORONTO 1915
Copyright, Canada, 1915 by J. H. CHANT.
CONTENTS
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INVOCATION 7
FATHER OF UNIVERSAL MAN 9
GOD'S PLAN IS BEST 12
CANADA 14
LATE AUTUMN 18
FRIENDSHIP 19
LIFE 22
TO MR. RUDYARD KIPLING 23
MEN BELOW DECK 26
"OTHERS SAVE WITH FEAR" 28
TREAD SOFTLY 31
"IT WAS MY FAULT" 34
KEPT THE FLAG FLOATING 35
MARY 37
A WORLD REDEEMED 38
ALASKAN BOUNDARY SETTLEMENT 40
MY PRIMROSE 42
NIAGARA'S RAINBOW 44
MY SISTER NELL AND I 46
GATHER THE WAYSIDE FLOWERS 48
HIDE THEIR SCARS 50
"ASHAMED BUT NOT AFRAID" 52
DUNBAR 54
MARSTON MOOR 59
OIL THE CRICKET 62
THE REAL 63
VICTORY GAINED AND LIFE LOST 65
THE BAPTISM OF CLOVIS 66
THE WATER LILY 70
"HE SHALL WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR" 72
THE TAJ OF AGRA 73
ENGLAND'S BRAVE SONS 78
QUEEN VICTORIA 80
SILVER TONES 83
GOD'S ORDER 86
INFLUENCE 88
UNDECAYING FRUIT 90
THE HEROES OF OUR DAY 92
THE BIG BEAR CREEK 94
THE FROST ON THE WINDOW 96
"WILT THOU HARASS A DRIVEN LEAF?" 98
A GEM 100
THE CLOUDS 101
THE MOSSES 103
THE GRANDEST THEME 105
SEPTEMBER 107
THE FLOWERS 111
THE BUD 113
BEAUTIFUL SKY 115
BUTTERCUPS AND DAISIES 116
THE MOSS ROSE 118
GOD'S CARE 120
MY LOT 121
GOD'S FOOT ON THE CRADLE 122
GOD'S GIFTS TO BE ENJOYED 124
THE HIGHEST GOAL 126
JOY IN THE MORNING 128
"HE SHALL DWELL ON HIGH" 129
BAG YOUR GAME 132
OTHERS' BURDENS 135
MEMORY 136
THE ROYAL WAY 138
'STABLISHED 140
A MEROGNOSTIC 141
"SALUT AUX BLESSIS" 144
SONNET 146
BROTHERHOOD 147
SHE DEARLY LOVED THE FLOWERS 149
MY PANSY PETS 151
LOVE BETTER THAN KNOWLEDGE 153
A SUFFERING GOD 155
THE COPY 157
PERFECT WORK 159
THE JOHNSTOWN DISASTER 160
EYE HATH NOT SEEN 169
WHAT LASTS? 171
IS THERE A BRIGHTER WORLD? 173
A GLIMPSE OF HEAVEN 176
THE END WE SOUGHT 178
ASPIRATION 179
MY REST 180
"PAINT ME AS I AM, WARTS AND ALL" 182
"I WAS THERE" 183
TRUE LOVE 185
A TRUE MAN 186
MY OLD SWEETHEART 187