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Narrative and Lyric Poems (Second Series) for Use in the Lower School

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The poems in the following list are those prescribed by the Department of Education in the Province of Ontario, for examination for the Senior Public School Diploma, Senior High School Entrance, and Entrance into the Model Schools. In addition to these poems, Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice is also prescribed for this examination. See Circular 58.

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TennysonEnid(148)64

TennysonOde on the Death of the Duke of Wellington(151 )90

TennysonThe Day Dream(153)99

Tennyson“You Ask Me, Why—”(156)106

GoldsmithThe Traveller(156)107

BrowningHome-Thoughts, from the Sea(164)120

BrowningThe Patriot(165)121

BrowningLove Among the Ruins(166)122

ByronThe Isles of Greece(167)125

Clough“As Ships, Becalm’d—”(169)129

HolmesThe Chambered Nautilus(169)130

List of Selections for Memorization132

NARRATIVE AND LYRIC POEMS

SECOND SERIES

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