Canadian poetry

Here's a fine resource for Canadian poetry on line:

http://www.uwo.ca/english/canadianpoetry/longpoems/longpoems.htm


And a brief passage from Oliver Goldsmith's

THE RISING VILLAGE 1825

THE RISING VILLAGE

Thou dear companion of my early years,
Partner of all my boyish hopes and fears,
To whom I've oft address'd the youthful strain,
And sought no other praise than thine to gain;
Who oft hast bid me emulate the fame
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Of him who form'd the glory of our name:
Say, when thou canst, in manhood's ripen'd age,
With judgment scan the more aspiring page,
Wilt thou accept this tribute of my lay,
By far too small thy fondness to repay?
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Say, dearest Brother, wilt thou now excuse
This bolder flight of my advent'rous muse?