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Page 374 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
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Page 138 - Tho' faint souls fear the keen confronting sun, And fain would bid the morn of splendour wait; Tho' dreamers, rapt in starry visions, cry "Lo, yon thy future, yon thy faith, thy fame!" And stretch vain hands to stars, thy fame is nigh, Here in Canadian hearth, and home, and name, — This name which yet shall grow Till all the nations know Us for a patriot people, heart and hand Loyal to our native earth, our own Canadian Land!
Page 338 - With love's first flame to glow : " Brother ! our will Is, in composure, settled by the power Of charity, who makes us will alone What we possess, and nought beyond desire : If we should wish to be exalted more, Then must our wishes jar with the high will Of him, who sets us here ; which in these orbs...
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Canadian Magazine, Volume 13 |
| Editors | J. Gordon Mowat, John Alexander Cooper, Newton MacTavish |
| Publisher | Ontario Publishing Company, Limited, 1899 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 Sep 2007 |
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