Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, by JOHN RICHARDSON WILKINSON, at the Department of Agriculture. In submitting “Canadian Battlefields and Other Poems” to a discerning public, I realize it may be marred by many errors; the harp may not always be in tune--some chords may jar upon the fastidious ear. Rhythm and harmony may not always present that mysterious appeal to the soul that approves, and proves the worth of all. Yet, withal, I feel that some thoughts and emotions of patriotism, love of home, the song of nature, the mystery of creation, and the impenetrable depths of infinitude, may be found and approv…
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