WILFRED S. SKEATS
Reading edition
TORONTO HART & COMPANY 31 & 33 KING ST. WEST
1891
Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture, by Hart & Company, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety.
DEDICATION. To Thee, whose cheering words have urged me on When fainting heart advised me to stay My halting pen, and leave my task undone: To Thee, I humbly dedicate this lay. Strong, womanly heart! whose long-enduring pain Has not sufficed to rend thy faith in twain, But rather teaches thee to sympathise With those whose path through pain and darkness lies Thyself forgetting, if but thou canst be Of aid to others in adversity; The helpful word, the approbative smile From thee have ever greeted me, the while None other cheered. Then let this tribute be A token of my gratitude to Thee.