Canadian Melodies and Poems
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Chapters (323)
- CANADIAN MELODIES AND POEMS BY GEORGE E. MERKLEY.
- PREFACE.
- CORRECTIONS.
- Prelude.
- I.
- II.
- MELODIES
- The Rainbow.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- In the Land of the Sun.
- I.
- II.
- The Sailor’s Bride.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- The Broken Mirror.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- The Chieftain’s Lament.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII.
- VIII.
- IX.
- X.
- Shadow-Land. (Imitated from the Japanese.)
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- An Ode.
- The Grave of a United Empire Loyalist.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII.
- VIII.
- IX.
- X.
- XI.
- O’er Crag and O’er Dune.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- They But Dream Who Believe.
- The Magic Ring.[C]
- I.
- II.
- III.
- An Autumnal Dirge.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- Songs Unsung.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII.
- VIII.
- Compages Ossium. (Lines composed while looking into an opened grave from my study window.)
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII.
- VIII.
- IX.
- X.
- Mystics.
- I.
- II.
- Eyes That Are Used to Weeping.
- I.
- II.
- Oh, Thou Hast Wept Long.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- Transition.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII.
- The Mystery of the Sea.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- Faith.
- I.
- II.
- A Lament. (From an unpublished Drama written in early life.)
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- Ember Pictures.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- POEMS
- A Legend of Dead Man’s Lake.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII.
- VIII.
- IX.
- X.
- XI.
- XII.
- XIII.
- XIV.
- XV.
- XVI.
- The Vigil.[E] (A Romaunt of the late Rebellion in the U.S.A.)
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- VII.
- VIII.
- IX.
- X.
- XI.
- XII.
- XIII.
- XIV.
- XV.
- XVI.
- XVII.
- XVIII.
- XIX.
- XX.
- XXI.
- XXII.
- XXIII.
- XXIV.
- XXV.
- A Fable in Two Cantos.
- PRELUDE.
- CANTO I.
- CANTO II.
- MORAL.
- Impromptu. (Suggested on seeing a vain lady gazing at herself in a mirror.)
- TRANSLATIONS
- Horace; Ode ix., Book iii.
- Horace, Ode xvi., Book iii.
- Homeric Garlands[F]
- ILIAD I. 43-52.
- ILIAD I. 528-539.
- ILIAD III. 1-14.
- ILIAD VI. 146-149.
- ILIAD VI. 466-580.
- The Dying Slave[G] (From the introduction to a Greek prize ode.)
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- The Lorelei. (From the German of Heine.)
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- VI.
- The Two Streams. (Adapted from the Italian of Metastasio.) Quella onda che ruina.
- I.
- II.
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