Excerpt: ...Son of a U.E. Loyalist, Who found his way out of the mist Republican which played such tricks With loyalty in '76, He came, as many another came To Canada, in Britain's name, To live his life and die beside The flag that's still his country's pride! Thomas Gillespie Burns, "T.G.," I have not quite forgotten thee; Thou wert an early importation From Erin's Isle, and thy migration Did little damp in heart or hand Thy love for the old parent land, Who's green is greener in its pride Of bloom than all the world ...
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Excerpt: ...Son of a U.E. Loyalist, Who found his way out of the mist Republican which played such tricks With loyalty in '76, He came, as many another came To Canada, in Britain's name, To live his life and die beside The flag that's still his country's pride! Thomas Gillespie Burns, "T.G.," I have not quite forgotten thee; Thou wert an early importation From Erin's Isle, and thy migration Did little damp in heart or hand Thy love for the old parent land, Who's green is greener in its pride Of bloom than all the world beside! Thy boast has always been true blue-- To British institutions true! And William Rogerson, 'tis well That I of him should something tell-- A tall, majestic, looking son Of Caledonia--he was one, In early times, who carried on The lumber traffic with a will, When such names as Price and McGill Were standards in the staple trade Which Bytown Ottawa hath made. And William Dunning, who kept store The first old County Gaol before, Where now the Albion proudly stands And flourishes in other hands, And Clements Bradley, who lived near The border long ago, was here; An agriculturist of yore, Who settled near the Rideau's shore, And opened 'mid primeval trees A pathway for the passing breeze. Full half a century has flown Since the first tree he tumbled down, And yet his strength seems still unspent, His step is firm, his back unbent. CHAPTER IX. Pierre Rocque, thou ancient man of stone! I had almost let thee alone; But 'twere not well to leave behind, A man of such a rocky kind; Thy Christian name is stone--that's hard, Rock is thy surname, saith the Bard Thou art an adamantine card. And Baptist Cantin, too, it seems, Appears 'mongst recollections' dreams, A carpenter of worth and note, Who ne'er asked sixpence for his vote. Helaire Pinard presents his face, And cheerfully I give him place, A quiet, rare man, be it known, Who minds no business but his own. Joseph Paquette, to thee I give A line to make thy memory live, 'Mid earliest...
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