The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in VerseBook 8 — THE EMIGRANT MECHANICReading editionChapter navigation81 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE EMIGRANT MECHANIC AND OTHER TALES IN VERSE,PREFACE.Book IBook IIBook IIIBook IVBook VBook VIBook VIIBook VIIITHE EMIGRANT MECHANICBOOK I.BOOK II.BOOK III.BOOK IV.BOOK V.BOOK VI.BOOK VII.BOOK VIII.MY GARDENSONG TO BRANTFORD.TO ELIHU BURRITT AFTER LISTENING TO HIS LECTURE ON "COMMERCE,"EMMA, THE TINKER'S DAUGHTER; OR, THE BENEFITS OF SABBATH SCHOOL INSTRUCTION.TO MY FATHER SUPPOSED TO BE DYING—SEPTEMBER, 1841.ODE TO PEACESTANZAS.ACROSTICS.IMPROMPTU.AN ADDRESS TO BRANTFORD.STANZAS.I SAW A YOUTHFUL MOTHER LIEFAMILY PIECESMURDER WILL OUT; OR, THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE.BOOK I.BOOK II.PASTOR'S AUTUMNAL SONG.XIX.MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.TO A VERY TALL SUNFLOWER.BIRTHDAY THOUGHTS AND ASPIRATIONS.SONG TO THE LILY OF THE VALLEY.DAISY, I HAVE SOUGHT FOR THEE.THE CHARMS OF JUNE.TO MR. COWHERD, FROM HIS FRIEND, H. S. LAYCOCK.TO MR. JAMES C——TTO THE CHRISTIANS OF BRANTFORD.TO THE SAME.VERSES WRITTEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER READING HORACE SMITH'S "BACHELOR'S FARE."STANZAS ON THE PEACEFUL STRUGGLE IN EUROPE.TO THE REV. J. W AND HIS BRIDESTANZAS ON HEARING AN AUCTIONEER QUOTE THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE: "THERE WAS SILENCE IN HEAVEN ABOUT THE SPACE OF HALF AN HOUR."—WINTER'S RAVAGES, AN APPEAL TO THE RICH ON BEHALF OF THE POOR.A CANADIAN NATIONAL SONG.AN ADDRESS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE "INSTITUTE" TO THEIR FRIENDS AT THE SOIREE.ALCOHOL'S ARRAIGNMENT AND DOOM.TO MY BELOVED FRIEND MR. JAMES WOODYATT.TRIBUTARY VERSES, WRITTEN IMMEDIATELY ON HEARING OF DR. O'CARR'S DEATH.STANZAS, SUGGESTED BY THE DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT THE DESJARDINS CANAL, MARCH 12, 1857.TRIBUTARY STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF DR. LAYCOCK, WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED WHILE ON A PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY, DECEMBER 10, 1857.SONG OF THE CANADIAN CRADLER.STANZAS, ADDRESSED TO THE REV. J. B. HOWARD AND HIS FAMILY AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT ON THEIR DEPARTURE FROM BRANTFORD, AUGUST, 1858.GRUMBLINGS.VERSES, SUGGESTED BY THE FEARFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN R. R. NEAR COPETOWN, ON THE NIGHT OF THE 18TH MARCH, 1859.A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV. THOMAS FAWCETT WHO LOST HIS LIFE BY THE ACCIDENT ABOVE MENTIONED.A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF MR. RICHARD FOLDS, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 21, 1859.TO THE HUMMING BIRD.TO THE SAME.FIRE SONG.THE FIRE ALARM.MY OLD ARM CHAIR.A TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVERY OF MY COUSIN, MRS. T. A. COWHERD, WHO CROSSED THE ATLANTIC IN MID-WINTER WITH THREE HELPLESS CHILDREN, AND UNDER VERY TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES.CANADIANS' WELCOME TO H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, 1860.BRANTFORD'S WELCOME TO THE PRINCE OF WALES, 1860.A CALL FOR HELP FOR GARIBALDI.LINES SUGGESTED BY THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE'S ACCOUNT OF LINCOLN'S DEPARTURE FROM SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, FOR WASHINGTON.SONG.THE SEWING MACHINE.TABBY AND TIBBY.FAMILY PIECESFAREWELL TO MY HARPPrevious chapter ←Book VIIINext chapter →Book 1 — BOOK I.All chapters and sections (81)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE EMIGRANT MECHANIC AND OTHER TALES IN VERSE,PREFACE.Books12345678Book 8 · Other sectionsTHE EMIGRANT MECHANICBook 1 · Books1Book 2 · Books2Book 3 · Books3Book 4 · Books4Book 5 · Books5Book 6 · Books6Book 7 · Books7Book 8 · Books8Book 8 · Other sectionsMY GARDENSONG TO BRANTFORD.TO ELIHU BURRITT AFTER LISTENING TO HIS LECTURE ON "COMMERCE,"EMMA, THE TINKER'S DAUGHTER; OR, THE BENEFITS OF SABBATH SCHOOL INSTRUCTION.TO MY FATHER SUPPOSED TO BE DYING—SEPTEMBER, 1841.ODE TO PEACESTANZAS.ACROSTICS.IMPROMPTU.AN ADDRESS TO BRANTFORD.STANZAS.I SAW A YOUTHFUL MOTHER LIEFAMILY PIECESMURDER WILL OUT; OR, THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE.Book 1 · Books1Book 2 · Books2Book 2 · Other sectionsPASTOR'S AUTUMNAL SONG.Book 2 · Chapters19Book 2 · Other sectionsMISCELLANEOUS POEMS.TO A VERY TALL SUNFLOWER.BIRTHDAY THOUGHTS AND ASPIRATIONS.SONG TO THE LILY OF THE VALLEY.DAISY, I HAVE SOUGHT FOR THEE.THE CHARMS OF JUNE.TO MR. COWHERD, FROM HIS FRIEND, H. S. LAYCOCK.TO MR. JAMES C——TTO THE CHRISTIANS OF BRANTFORD.TO THE SAME.VERSES WRITTEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER READING HORACE SMITH'S "BACHELOR'S FARE."STANZAS ON THE PEACEFUL STRUGGLE IN EUROPE.TO THE REV. J. W AND HIS BRIDESTANZAS ON HEARING AN AUCTIONEER QUOTE THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF SCRIPTURE: "THERE WAS SILENCE IN HEAVEN ABOUT THE SPACE OF HALF AN HOUR."—WINTER'S RAVAGES, AN APPEAL TO THE RICH ON BEHALF OF THE POOR.A CANADIAN NATIONAL SONG.AN ADDRESS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE "INSTITUTE" TO THEIR FRIENDS AT THE SOIREE.ALCOHOL'S ARRAIGNMENT AND DOOM.TO MY BELOVED FRIEND MR. JAMES WOODYATT.TRIBUTARY VERSES, WRITTEN IMMEDIATELY ON HEARING OF DR. O'CARR'S DEATH.STANZAS, SUGGESTED BY THE DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT THE DESJARDINS CANAL, MARCH 12, 1857.TRIBUTARY STANZAS TO THE MEMORY OF DR. LAYCOCK, WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED WHILE ON A PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY, DECEMBER 10, 1857.SONG OF THE CANADIAN CRADLER.STANZAS, ADDRESSED TO THE REV. J. B. HOWARD AND HIS FAMILY AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT ON THEIR DEPARTURE FROM BRANTFORD, AUGUST, 1858.GRUMBLINGS.VERSES, SUGGESTED BY THE FEARFUL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN R. R. NEAR COPETOWN, ON THE NIGHT OF THE 18TH MARCH, 1859.A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE REV. THOMAS FAWCETT WHO LOST HIS LIFE BY THE ACCIDENT ABOVE MENTIONED.A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF MR. RICHARD FOLDS, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 21, 1859.TO THE HUMMING BIRD.TO THE SAME.FIRE SONG.THE FIRE ALARM.MY OLD ARM CHAIR.A TRIBUTE TO THE BRAVERY OF MY COUSIN, MRS. T. A. COWHERD, WHO CROSSED THE ATLANTIC IN MID-WINTER WITH THREE HELPLESS CHILDREN, AND UNDER VERY TRYING CIRCUMSTANCES.CANADIANS' WELCOME TO H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, 1860.BRANTFORD'S WELCOME TO THE PRINCE OF WALES, 1860.A CALL FOR HELP FOR GARIBALDI.LINES SUGGESTED BY THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE'S ACCOUNT OF LINCOLN'S DEPARTURE FROM SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, FOR WASHINGTON.SONG.THE SEWING MACHINE.TABBY AND TIBBY.FAMILY PIECESFAREWELL TO MY HARPA TALE OF HUMBLE LIFE."Let not Ambition mock their useful toil."— Gray.◇← Book VIIIBOOK I. →