Poems of James McIntyreMOTTO.Reading editionChapter navigation155 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTO THE PUBLIC.SHORT EXTRACTS FROM POEMS AND LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE AUTHOR.CANADA BEFORE THE CONFEDERATION OF THE PROVINCES.CANADA'S FUTURE.BIRTH OF CANADA AS A NATION, JULY FIRST, 1867.WELCOME TO THE PRINCE OF WALES.CANADA'S RESOURCES.NORTH-WEST REBELLION, 1885.BIG BEAR THE INDIAN CHIEF.REMINISCENCESPATRIOTIC ODEPROVINCE OF ONTARIO.CANADIAN RIVERS AND LAKES.NIAGARA DRY.UNITED BY STEEL RAILS.LORNE AND LOUISE.CANADIAN SPORTS AND GAMES AND PLAYS.NIAGARA'S CHARMS AND DEATH OF WEBB.DEPARTED STATESMEN.THE OLD SNAKE FENCE.CANADIAN VOYAGEURS ON THE NILE.LAND CLEARING.LINES READ AT A MAPLE SUGAR SOCIAL, APRIL, 1888.CANADIAN ROMANCE.LAMENT OF THE MAPLE TREE.LIFE IN THE WOODS.THE JOYS OF PRAIRIE FARMERS 1884.CANADA OUR HOME, 1883.LINES ON VIOLETS.CANADIAN CHARMS.DONALD ROSS.PATRIOT FIGHTING FOR HIS HOME.FIGHTING FOR CONQUEST.CANADIAN AUTHORS.PROLOGUE TO SOUTH ONTARIO SKETCHES.HOLLAND RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.ST. CATHARINES.BRANTFORD.LINES ON THOROLD.ST. THOMAS, 1884.GALT AND DUNLOP.TILSONBURG.PORT STANLEY.PORT BURWELL.SKETCHES ON THE BANKS OF THE CANADIAN THAMES.THE VALE OF THAMES.DAIRY AND CHEESE ODES.CANADIAN SKETCHES.CORNER STONE LAYING.CREDIT VALLEY TRIP.EAGLE AND SALMON.CAPTAIN'S ADVENTURE.INDIAN ROMANCE.CANADIAN HUNTER.FIGHT WITH A BEAR IN THE NORTHWEST.ORIGIN OF THE TOBOGGAN.BEAR AND FALLS.BROKEN RAFT ADVENTURE.FIGHT OF A BUFFALO WITH WOLVES.BEAR HUNT.COON HUNTING.SAILOR'S YARN.HUNTERS AND TRAPPERS.WILD GOOSE SHOT AT MIDNIGHT, NOV., 1888.ADVENTURES WITH BEARS.QUEEN'S JUBILEE ODE, 1887.WARS IN QUEEN VICTORIA'S REIGN.CRIMEAN WAR.INDIAN MUTINY.BEAR AND WHALE.GORDON AND BURNABY, 1885.ENGLISH POETS.POETS AND PHILOSOPHERS.IRISH POETS.SCOTTISH POETS.BURNS AND SCOTT IN EDINBURGH.LINES ON SOUTH OF SCOTLAND.REPLY TO THE TOAST OF SCOTTISH POETS.JAMES HOGG.HIGHLAND SKETCHES.THE SHIRES ON THE MORAY FRITH.LINES READ AT A SCOTTISH ANNIVERSARY AT EMBRO.LINES READ AT ST. ANDREW'S ANNIVERSARY, 1868.DICK AND EDWARD.CASTLE GORDON.PRINCE CHARLIE'S GRANDSONS.ST. ANDREW.RIVER CLYDE.ELF SHOT.HALLOWE'EN.AMERICAN POETS.LOFTY ACTORS WITHDRAW.UNITED STATES.CALEDONIA SPRINGS, NEW YORK.LOCAL SKETCHES.GREAT FIRE IN INGERSOLL, MAY, 1872.MASONIC LINES READ AT A BANQUET, 1884.ODDFELLOWSHIP LINES READ AT CONCERT, 1883.ADVICE TO A LITTLE GIRL.IN MEMORIAM.PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.BRAIN ENGRAVINGS.SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.MOTTO.THINGS SHOULD BE JUDGED BY MERIT.LINES ON A FOUNTAIN.THE GATES AJAR.CHILD MADE HAPPY.POETRY.POWER OF LOVE.HER LOVER'S STEP.THE USEFUL WEED.GOLDEN EGG.LITTLE DORA.LINES ON THE DEATH OF A FARMER'S WIFE.FIGHTING FOR HOME.LINES WRITTEN IN A MENTAL ALBUM.EVERY ROSE HATH ITS THORN.DANGER OF FIRE ARMS.BIRD SENT BY PROVIDENCE.HELP IN NEED.O FOR A LODGE.A BIRD'S NEST.LINES ON THE FINDING OF A YOUNG MAN'S BODY IN TORONTO BAY.LINES ON A LAWN PARTY.LINES ADDRESSED TO AN OLD BACHELOR.LINES READ AT A LADIES' AID.FEMALE REVENGE.LINES ON A TYPEWRITER.ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS.THE GOOD MAN.LAY OF THE SPRING.HIGH IN MASONRY.TRAMP AND FISH.SEAL FISHING AND HUNTING.SNAKE AND ITS YOUNG.WHALE AND ITS FOES.TIGER AND ELEPHANT.STRANGE LIFE PRESERVER.VIRTUES OF A DIAMOND RING.CHILD SAVED BY DOG.LEACH THE ENGINEER.JACKAL AND CHILD.LITTLE HERO.GRAY HAIRS.GOOD SHOT.LOST SON FOUND.SHOE BLACK.DUCK AND OYSTER.BABY DARLING.RIDING AN AVALANCHE.FINAL ADDRESS TO OUR PATRONS.Index.Transcriber's NotesPrevious chapter ←SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.Next chapter →THINGS SHOULD BE JUDGED BY MERIT.All chapters and sections (155)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTO THE PUBLIC.SHORT EXTRACTS FROM POEMS AND LETTERS RECEIVED BY THE AUTHOR.CANADA BEFORE THE CONFEDERATION OF THE PROVINCES.CANADA'S FUTURE.BIRTH OF CANADA AS A NATION, JULY FIRST, 1867.WELCOME TO THE PRINCE OF WALES.CANADA'S RESOURCES.NORTH-WEST REBELLION, 1885.BIG BEAR THE INDIAN CHIEF.REMINISCENCESPATRIOTIC ODEPROVINCE OF ONTARIO.CANADIAN RIVERS AND LAKES.NIAGARA DRY.UNITED BY STEEL RAILS.LORNE AND LOUISE.CANADIAN SPORTS AND GAMES AND PLAYS.NIAGARA'S CHARMS AND DEATH OF WEBB.DEPARTED STATESMEN.THE OLD SNAKE FENCE.CANADIAN VOYAGEURS ON THE NILE.LAND CLEARING.LINES READ AT A MAPLE SUGAR SOCIAL, APRIL, 1888.CANADIAN ROMANCE.LAMENT OF THE MAPLE TREE.LIFE IN THE WOODS.THE JOYS OF PRAIRIE FARMERS 1884.CANADA OUR HOME, 1883.LINES ON VIOLETS.CANADIAN CHARMS.DONALD ROSS.PATRIOT FIGHTING FOR HIS HOME.FIGHTING FOR CONQUEST.CANADIAN AUTHORS.PROLOGUE TO SOUTH ONTARIO SKETCHES.HOLLAND RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.ST. CATHARINES.BRANTFORD.LINES ON THOROLD.ST. THOMAS, 1884.GALT AND DUNLOP.TILSONBURG.PORT STANLEY.PORT BURWELL.SKETCHES ON THE BANKS OF THE CANADIAN THAMES.THE VALE OF THAMES.DAIRY AND CHEESE ODES.CANADIAN SKETCHES.CORNER STONE LAYING.CREDIT VALLEY TRIP.EAGLE AND SALMON.CAPTAIN'S ADVENTURE.INDIAN ROMANCE.CANADIAN HUNTER.FIGHT WITH A BEAR IN THE NORTHWEST.ORIGIN OF THE TOBOGGAN.BEAR AND FALLS.BROKEN RAFT ADVENTURE.FIGHT OF A BUFFALO WITH WOLVES.BEAR HUNT.COON HUNTING.SAILOR'S YARN.HUNTERS AND TRAPPERS.WILD GOOSE SHOT AT MIDNIGHT, NOV., 1888.ADVENTURES WITH BEARS.QUEEN'S JUBILEE ODE, 1887.WARS IN QUEEN VICTORIA'S REIGN.CRIMEAN WAR.INDIAN MUTINY.BEAR AND WHALE.GORDON AND BURNABY, 1885.ENGLISH POETS.POETS AND PHILOSOPHERS.IRISH POETS.SCOTTISH POETS.BURNS AND SCOTT IN EDINBURGH.LINES ON SOUTH OF SCOTLAND.REPLY TO THE TOAST OF SCOTTISH POETS.JAMES HOGG.HIGHLAND SKETCHES.THE SHIRES ON THE MORAY FRITH.LINES READ AT A SCOTTISH ANNIVERSARY AT EMBRO.LINES READ AT ST. ANDREW'S ANNIVERSARY, 1868.DICK AND EDWARD.CASTLE GORDON.PRINCE CHARLIE'S GRANDSONS.ST. ANDREW.RIVER CLYDE.ELF SHOT.HALLOWE'EN.AMERICAN POETS.LOFTY ACTORS WITHDRAW.UNITED STATES.CALEDONIA SPRINGS, NEW YORK.LOCAL SKETCHES.GREAT FIRE IN INGERSOLL, MAY, 1872.MASONIC LINES READ AT A BANQUET, 1884.ODDFELLOWSHIP LINES READ AT CONCERT, 1883.ADVICE TO A LITTLE GIRL.IN MEMORIAM.PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.BRAIN ENGRAVINGS.SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.MOTTO.THINGS SHOULD BE JUDGED BY MERIT.LINES ON A FOUNTAIN.THE GATES AJAR.CHILD MADE HAPPY.POETRY.POWER OF LOVE.HER LOVER'S STEP.THE USEFUL WEED.GOLDEN EGG.LITTLE DORA.LINES ON THE DEATH OF A FARMER'S WIFE.FIGHTING FOR HOME.LINES WRITTEN IN A MENTAL ALBUM.EVERY ROSE HATH ITS THORN.DANGER OF FIRE ARMS.BIRD SENT BY PROVIDENCE.HELP IN NEED.O FOR A LODGE.A BIRD'S NEST.LINES ON THE FINDING OF A YOUNG MAN'S BODY IN TORONTO BAY.LINES ON A LAWN PARTY.LINES ADDRESSED TO AN OLD BACHELOR.LINES READ AT A LADIES' AID.FEMALE REVENGE.LINES ON A TYPEWRITER.ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS.THE GOOD MAN.LAY OF THE SPRING.HIGH IN MASONRY.TRAMP AND FISH.SEAL FISHING AND HUNTING.SNAKE AND ITS YOUNG.WHALE AND ITS FOES.TIGER AND ELEPHANT.STRANGE LIFE PRESERVER.VIRTUES OF A DIAMOND RING.CHILD SAVED BY DOG.LEACH THE ENGINEER.JACKAL AND CHILD.LITTLE HERO.GRAY HAIRS.GOOD SHOT.LOST SON FOUND.SHOE BLACK.DUCK AND OYSTER.BABY DARLING.RIDING AN AVALANCHE.FINAL ADDRESS TO OUR PATRONS.Index.Transcriber's NotesPoliteness, perseverance and pluck, To their possessor will bring good luck.◇← SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.THINGS SHOULD BE JUDGED BY MERIT. →