Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses

SPEECHES AND VERSES BY THE RIGHT HON. THE MARQUIS OF LORNE K.T., G.C.M.G., &C. DEDICATED WITH RESPECT AND AFFECTION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA CONTENTS VERSES ON CANADIAN SUBJECTS. CANADA, 1882 QUEBEC PROLOGUE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, MARCH 1879 CANADIAN NATIONAL HYMN CANADIAN RIVER RHYMES THE CANADIAN ROBIN MILICETE LEGEND OF THE RIVER ST. JOHN THE GUIDE OF THE MOHAWKS THE STRONG HUNTER THE ORIGIN OF THE INDIAN CORN THE ISLES OF HURON THE MYSTIC ISLE OF THE "LAND OF THE NORTH WIND" WESTWARD HO! THE SONG OF THE SIX SISTERS THE PRAIRIE ROSES CREE FAIRIES THE "QU'APPELLE" VALLEY THE BLACKFEET SAN GABRIEL, ON THE PACIFIC COAST NIAGARA ON CHIEF MOUNTAIN CUBA ON THE NEW PROVINCE "ALBERTA" VERSES CHIEFLY FROM HIGHLAND STORIES. GAELIC LEGENDS COLHORN LOCH BÚY THE HARD STRAIT OF THE FEINNE TOBERMORY BAY, 1588 LOCH UISK, ISLE OF MULL THE LADY'S ROCK THE POOL OF THE IRON SHIRT INVERAWE AN ISLESMAN'S FAREWELL PREFACE TO DIARMID'S STORY GRINIE'S FLIGHT WITH DIARMID THE DEATH OF THE BOAR KING ARTHUR AND THE CAPTIVE MAIDEN SEANN ORAN GAILIC DUNOLLY'S DAUGHTER THE ARMADA GUN CAVALRY CHARGE KÖNIGGRÄTZ THE IRISH EMIGRANT, 1880 THE IRISH EMIGRANT, 1883 SONG SONNET ON THE DEATH OF LORD F. DOUGLAS SADOWA ON A FOREIGN WAR SHIP'S SALUTE TO THE QUEEN'S STANDARD SPEECHES AND ADDRESSES. FAREWELL ADDRESS AT INVERARAY EMBARKING AT LIVERPOOL REPLY TO THE LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO THE MUNICIPALITY OF LONDONDERRY AT MONTREAL TO THE ST. ANDREWS SOCIETY AT MONTREAL REPLY TO THE CITIZENS' ADDRESS AT OTTAWA REPLY TO THE CITIZENS' ADDRESS AT OTTAWA DISTRIBUTION OF SCHOOL PRIZES AT KINGSTON ON RECEIVING THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF LAWS OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE AT KINGSTON TO THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE AT KINGSTON TO THE CADETS OF THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE AT MONTREAL REVIEW ON THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY, 1879 AT MONTREAL OPENING OF AN ART INSTITUTE AT QUEBEC REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE CITY CORPORATION AT QUEBEC LAVAL UNIVERSITY AT TORONTO TORONTO CLUB DINNER AT ST. JOHN, N.B. AT ST. JOHN, N.B. REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE CITY CORPORATION AT FREDERICTON REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE CITY CORPORATION IN KINGS' COUNTY, N.B. REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE MUNICIPALITY AT TORONTO REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE CITY CORPORATION AT BERLIN, ONTARIO REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE GERMAN RESIDENTS AT OTTAWA EXHIBITION OF 1880 AT OTTAWA EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ART AT QUEBEC FESTIVAL OF ST. JEAN BAPTISTE AT HAMILTON OPENING OF PROVINCIAL FAIR AT MONTREAL OPENING OF PROVINCIAL FAIR AT MONTREAL LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE REDPATH MUSEUM OF THE MCGILL COLLEGE AT CHAMBLY UNVEILING THE STATUE OF COLONEL DE SALABERRY AT ST. THOMAS GATHERING OF HIGHLANDERS AT WINNIPEG IMPRESSIONS OF A TOUR IN THE NORTHWEST AT WINNIPEG SOCIETY OF ST. JEAN BAPTISTE OF MANITOBA AT WINNIPEG REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF ST. BONIFACE MANITOBA AT WINNIPEG REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT OF MANITOBA COLLEGE AT FORT SHAW, MONTANA FAREWELL TO THE NORTHWEST MOUNTED POLICE AT OTTAWA INCEPTION OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA AT SAN FRANCISCO, CAL REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE BRITISH RESIDENTS AT VICTORIA, B.C. SPEECH AT A PUBLIC DINNER AT OTTAWA MEETING OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION AT OTTAWA SECOND MEETING OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA AT TORONTO REPLY TO ADDRESSES OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY AND OF THE ONTARIO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS AT OTTAWA FAREWELL ADDRESS OF THE PARLIAMENT OF CANADA REPLY EXTRACT FROM THE SPEECH FROM THE THRONE APPENDIX. AT TORONTO EXHIBITION OF ARTS AND MANUFACTURES AT TORONTO REPLY TO ADDRESS AT THE QUEEN'S PARK AT OTTAWA REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE CITY CORPORATION AT MONTREAL REPLY TO ADDRESS OF THE CITY CORPORATION AT QUEBEC REPLY, OCT. 20TH 1883, TO ADDRESS OF THE CITY CORPORATION VERSES ON CANADIAN SUBJECTS. CANADA , 1882. "Are hearts here strong enough to found A glorious people's sway?" Ask of our rivers as they bound From hill to plain, or ocean sound, If they are strong to day? If weakness in their floods be found, Then may ye answer "Nay!" "Is union yours? may foeman's might Your love ne'er break or chain?" Go see if o'er our land the flight Of Spring be stayed by blast or blight; If Fall bring never grain; If Summer suns deny their light, Then may our hope be vain! "Yet far too cramped the narrow space Your country's rule can own?" Ah! travel all its bounds and trace Each Alp unto its fertile base, Our realm of forests lone, Our world of prairie, like the face Of ocean, hardly known! "Yet for the arts to find a shrine, Too rough, I ween, and rude?" Yea, if you find no flower divine With prairie grass or hardy pine... >>