# Poetry — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for Poetry by James McIntyre.

- [Prologue to South Ontario Sketches](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/prologue-to-south-ontario-sketches.md): The poet introduces a collection of verses celebrating the local landscapes, lakes, rivers, and communities of South Ontario, urging readers to appreciate the beauty and charm of their own home region rather than seeking
- [Reminiscences](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/reminiscences.md): The chapter recounts the laying of the cornerstone of the Brock monument at Queenston Heights and the final interment of General Brock, who fell at the Battle of Queenston on October 13, 1812. It describes the outrage ov
- [Birth of Canada as a Nation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/birth-of-canada-as-a-nation.md): This chapter celebrates the birth of Canada as a nation on July 1, 1867, during the visit of delegates from the Lower Provinces to negotiate confederation. It personifies Canada as Britannia's noble daughter, surrounded 
- [Welcome to the Prince of Wales](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/welcome-to-the-prince-of-wales.md): A poetic welcome to the Prince of Wales as he embarks for Canada in May 1860, celebrating the maple tree, the industrious farmer, and the warm reception awaiting him across the land.
- [Lament of the Maple Tree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lament-of-the-maple-tree.md): The narrator falls asleep under a maple tree on a sultry summer afternoon and dreams of the tree's spirit, who laments being over-praised by poets who do not truly understand her. The maple tree expresses grief over her 

> 322 more chapter companions — [open a free preview](https://www.betterreads.dev/reader?bookId=poetry_12_se_904kb&preview=1) to unlock the rest.

- [Lines on Violets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-violets.md)
- [Patriotic Ode](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/patriotic-ode.md)
- [Fight of a Buffalo with Wolves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/fight-of-a-buffalo-with-wolves.md)
- [Disaster to Steamer Victoria at London](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/disaster-to-steamer-victoria-at-london.md)
- [Fight with a Bear in the Northwest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/fight-with-a-bear-in-the-northwest.md)
- [Canadian Sports and Games and Plays](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/canadian-sports-and-games-and-plays.md)
- [Lines on Methodist Union](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-methodist-union.md)
- [Niagara's Charms and Death of Capt. Webb](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/niagara-s-charms-and-death-of-capt-webb.md)
- [St. Catharines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/st-catharines.md)
- [Lines on Credit Valley Trip](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-credit-valley-trip.md)
- [Lines on Canadian Hunter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-canadian-hunter.md)
- [Hope for Ingersoll](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/hope-for-ingersoll.md)
- [Canadian Rivers and Lakes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/canadian-rivers-and-lakes.md)
- [Life in the Woods](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/life-in-the-woods.md)
- [The Joys of Prairie Farmers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-joys-of-prairie-farmers.md)
- [Nova Scotia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/nova-scotia.md)
- [Port Stanley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/port-stanley.md)
- [Donald Ross](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/donald-ross.md)
- [Port Burwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/port-burwell.md)
- [Lines on T. D. McGee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-t-d-mcgee.md)
- [London Flood](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/london-flood.md)
- [London West](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/london-west.md)
- [Lines on Stratford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-stratford.md)
- [English Names on Canadian Thames](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/english-names-on-canadian-thames.md)
- [Lines on Beachville](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-beachville.md)
- [Lines on Ingersoll](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-ingersoll.md)
- [Lines on Woodstock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-woodstock.md)
- [Lines on Embro and Zorra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-embro-and-zorra.md)
- [Lines on Salford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-salford.md)
- [Lines on Thamesford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-thamesford.md)
- [Farrington, 1866, Factory System](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/farrington-1866-factory-system.md)
- [Lines on Tilsonburg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-tilsonburg.md)
- [Lines on Mt. Elgin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-mt-elgin.md)
- [Corner Stone Laying](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/corner-stone-laying.md)
- [A Civic Holiday Trip](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/a-civic-holiday-trip.md)
- [Robert Fleming Gourley](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/robert-fleming-gourley.md)
- [Odd Fellowship in Woodstock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/odd-fellowship-in-woodstock.md)
- [Odd Fellowship Lines Read at Concert](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/odd-fellowship-lines-read-at-concert.md)
- [London Children](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/london-children.md)
- [Caledonian Games](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/caledonian-games.md)
- [Victoria Park and Caledonian Games](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/victoria-park-and-caledonian-games.md)
- [The Great Fire of Ingersoll](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-great-fire-of-ingersoll.md)
- [Our Firemen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/our-firemen.md)
- [St. Thomas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/st-thomas.md)
- [Masonic Lines Read at a Banquet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/masonic-lines-read-at-a-banquet.md)
- [Oxford Cheese Ode](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/oxford-cheese-ode.md)
- [Lines on a Fountain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-a-fountain.md)
- [A Concert Invitation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/a-concert-invitation.md)
- [Thomas Campbell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/thomas-campbell.md)
- [Thomas Campbell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/thomas-campbell.md)
- [Poetry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/poetry.md)
- [Lines on Col. Wonham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-col-wonham.md)
- [Opening Ode](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/opening-ode.md)
- [Adventure on a Raft](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/adventure-on-a-raft.md)
- [Canada Our Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/canada-our-home.md)
- [Mrs. Moody](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/mrs-moody.md)
- [Lines Addressed to an Old Bachelor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-addressed-to-an-old-bachelor.md)
- [Brantford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/brantford.md)
- [The Power of Steam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-power-of-steam.md)
- [Lines on Thorold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-thorold.md)
- [Musings on the Northwest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/musings-on-the-northwest.md)
- [Crimean War](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/crimean-war.md)
- [A Christmas Tree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/a-christmas-tree.md)
- [Dr. Springer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/dr-springer.md)
- [Lines on A. B.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-a-b.md)
- [Burns and Scott in Edinburgh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/burns-and-scott-in-edinburgh.md)
- [Galt and Dunlop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/galt-and-dunlop.md)
- [Agricultural Implements and Machinery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/agricultural-implements-and-machinery.md)
- [Snake and Potato Bug](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/snake-and-potato-bug.md)
- [A Rabbit Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/a-rabbit-story.md)
- [Let Her Go](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/let-her-go.md)
- [An Autograph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/an-autograph.md)
- [Lines on a Typewriter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-a-typewriter.md)
- [Impromptu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/impromptu.md)
- [Little Lake](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/little-lake.md)
- [Advice to a Little Girl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/advice-to-a-little-girl.md)
- [A Crooked Looking Glass](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/a-crooked-looking-glass.md)
- [A Providential Escape](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/a-providential-escape.md)
- [The Cheese Pioneer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-cheese-pioneer.md)
- [A Bird's Nest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/a-bird-s-nest.md)
- [Lines on Removal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-removal.md)
- [Departed Statesmen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/departed-statesmen.md)
- [A Concert—Impromptu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/a-concert-impromptu.md)
- [On White Brothers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/on-white-brothers.md)
- [On Doctor Gardner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/on-doctor-gardner.md)
- [In Memoriam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/in-memoriam.md)
- [Brodie Castle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/brodie-castle.md)
- [George Menzies' Poems](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/george-menzies-poems.md)
- [Female Revenge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/female-revenge.md)
- [A Canadian Romance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/a-canadian-romance.md)
- [O for a Lodge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/o-for-a-lodge.md)
- [Potato Bug Exterminators](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/potato-bug-exterminators.md)
- [Dried Apples](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/dried-apples.md)
- [Wars in Queen Victoria’s Reign](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/wars-in-queen-victoria-s-reign.md)
- [English Poets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/english-poets.md)
- [Tercentenary Ode on Shakespeare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/tercentenary-ode-on-shakespeare.md)
- [Milton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/milton.md)
- [Coleridge, Southey and Wordsworth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/coleridge-southey-and-wordsworth.md)
- [Shelly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/shelly.md)
- [Byron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/byron.md)
- [Tennyson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/tennyson.md)
- [Dryden and Pope](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/dryden-and-pope.md)
- [Irish Poets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/irish-poets.md)
- [Tim Moore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/tim-moore.md)
- [T. D. McKee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/t-d-mckee.md)
- [Oliver Goldsmith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/oliver-goldsmith.md)
- [American Poets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/american-poets.md)
- [Longfellow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/longfellow.md)
- [Poe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/poe.md)
- [Lowell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lowell.md)
- [Bryant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/bryant.md)
- [Whittier](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/whittier.md)
- [Saxe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/saxe.md)
- [Will Carleton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/will-carleton.md)
- [Millar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/millar.md)
- [Holmes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/holmes.md)
- [Walt Whitman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/walt-whitman.md)
- [Scottish Poets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/scottish-poets.md)
- [Robert Burns](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/robert-burns.md)
- [Reply to the Toast of Scottish Poets](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/reply-to-the-toast-of-scottish-poets.md)
- [Lines on South of Scotland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-south-of-scotland.md)
- [The Shires on the Moray Frith](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-shires-on-the-moray-frith.md)
- [Lines Read at St. Andrew's Anniversary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-read-at-st-andrew-s-anniversary.md)
- [Lines on the North of Scotland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-the-north-of-scotland.md)
- [Prince Charlie's Grandsons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/prince-charlie-s-grandsons.md)
- [Scottish Names in Oxford County](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/scottish-names-in-oxford-county.md)
- [Facts About Cheese](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/facts-about-cheese.md)
- [Fairy Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/fairy-tale.md)
- [St. Andrew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/st-andrew.md)
- [Halloween](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/halloween.md)
- [Lorne and Louise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lorne-and-louise.md)
- [Elf Shot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/elf-shot.md)
- [Gordon Cumming—The Lion Hunter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/gordon-cumming-the-lion-hunter.md)
- [Book Agent Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/book-agent-story.md)
- [Harvest Home Festivals](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/harvest-home-festivals.md)
- [Episcopal Harvest Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/episcopal-harvest-home.md)
- [Father Ranney, the Cheese Pioneer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/father-ranney-the-cheese-pioneer.md)
- [Hints to Cheese Makers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/hints-to-cheese-makers.md)
- [Ode on the Mammoth Cheese](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/ode-on-the-mammoth-cheese.md)
- [McIntyre Has a Few Rows](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/mcintyre-has-a-few-rows.md)
- [Canadian Thames](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/canadian-thames.md)
- [The People All Say and Declare It Is True](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-people-all-say-and-declare-it-is-true.md)
- [Lines on Gunn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-gunn.md)
- [Indian Mutiny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/indian-mutiny.md)
- [A Modern Wonder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/a-modern-wonder.md)
- [Electric Light](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/electric-light.md)
- [Witch Stone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/witch-stone.md)
- [Dick and Edward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/dick-and-edward.md)
- [Questions and Answers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/questions-and-answers.md)
- [Lines Read at a Ladies’ Aid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-read-at-a-ladies-aid.md)
- [Salford Parsonage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/salford-parsonage.md)
- [Transformation Scene](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/transformation-scene.md)
- [Lines on London](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-london.md)
- [Finale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/finale.md)
- [Canada Before the Confederation of the Provinces](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/canada-before-the-confederation-of-the-provinces.md)
- [Canada's Future](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/canada-s-future.md)
- [Canada's Resources](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/canada-s-resources.md)
- [Northwest Rebellion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/northwest-rebellion.md)
- [Big Bear the Indian Chief](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/big-bear-the-indian-chief.md)
- [Province of Ontario](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/province-of-ontario.md)
- [Niagara Dry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/niagara-dry.md)
- [United by Steel Rails](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/united-by-steel-rails.md)
- [The Old Snake Fence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-old-snake-fence.md)
- [Canadian Voyageurs on the Nile](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/canadian-voyageurs-on-the-nile.md)
- [Land Clearing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/land-clearing.md)
- [Lines Read at a Maple Sugar Social](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-read-at-a-maple-sugar-social.md)
- [Canadian Charms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/canadian-charms.md)
- [Patriot Fighting for His Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/patriot-fighting-for-his-home.md)
- [Fighting for Conquest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/fighting-for-conquest.md)
- [Lines Sent to Thomas Conant of Oshawa, a Writer of Canadian Sketches](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-sent-to-thomas-conant-of-oshawa-a-writer-of-canadian-sketches.md)
- [Lines Sent to Alexander McLaughlan, Amaranth Station, with a Copy of My Poems](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-sent-to-alexander-mclaughlan-amaranth-station-with-a-copy-of-my-poems.md)
- [Holland River and Its Tributaries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/holland-river-and-its-tributaries.md)
- [The Vale of Thames](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-vale-of-thames.md)
- [Ranney, 1856, Dairy System](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/ranney-1856-dairy-system.md)
- [Lines Read at a Dairymen’s Supper](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-read-at-a-dairymen-s-supper.md)
- [Ensilage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/ensilage.md)
- [Fertile Lands and Mammoth Cheese](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/fertile-lands-and-mammoth-cheese.md)
- [Lines Read at a Dairymaids’ Social](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-read-at-a-dairymaids-social.md)
- [Windmills and Stone Stables](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/windmills-and-stone-stables.md)
- [Dairy Ode](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/dairy-ode.md)
- [Cheese Curd for Bait](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/cheese-curd-for-bait.md)
- [Thanksgiving Ode](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/thanksgiving-ode.md)
- [When to Sell Grain and Farm Produce](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/when-to-sell-grain-and-farm-produce.md)
- [Four Acre Farm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/four-acre-farm.md)
- [Eagle and Salmon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/eagle-and-salmon.md)
- [Captain's Adventure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/captain-s-adventure.md)
- [Indian Romance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/indian-romance.md)
- [Origin of the Toboggan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/origin-of-the-toboggan.md)
- [Bear and Falls](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/bear-and-falls.md)
- [Broken Raft Adventure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/broken-raft-adventure.md)
- [Bear Hunt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/bear-hunt.md)
- [Coon Hunting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/coon-hunting.md)
- [Sailor's Yarn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/sailor-s-yarn.md)
- [Hunters and Trappers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/hunters-and-trappers.md)
- [Wild Goose Shot at Midnight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/wild-goose-shot-at-midnight.md)
- [Adventures with Bears](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/adventures-with-bears.md)
- [Queen’s Jubilee Ode](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/queen-s-jubilee-ode.md)
- [Bear and Whale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/bear-and-whale.md)
- [Gordon and Burnaby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/gordon-and-burnaby.md)
- [Poets and Philosophers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/poets-and-philosophers.md)
- [James Hogg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/james-hogg.md)
- [Highland Sketches](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/highland-sketches.md)
- [Castle Gordon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/castle-gordon.md)
- [River Clyde](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/river-clyde.md)
- [Lofty Actors Withdraw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lofty-actors-withdraw.md)
- [United States](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/united-states.md)
- [Caledonia Springs, New York](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/caledonia-springs-new-york.md)
- [Local Sketches](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/local-sketches.md)
- [Brain Engravings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/brain-engravings.md)
- [Survival of the Fittest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/survival-of-the-fittest.md)
- [Motto](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/motto.md)
- [Things Should Be Judged by Merit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/things-should-be-judged-by-merit.md)
- [The Gates Ajar](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-gates-ajar.md)
- [Child Made Happy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/child-made-happy.md)
- [Power of Love](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/power-of-love.md)
- [Her Lover's Step](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/her-lover-s-step.md)
- [The Useful Weed](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-useful-weed.md)
- [Golden Egg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/golden-egg.md)
- [Little Dora](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/little-dora.md)
- [Lines on the Death of a Farmer’s Wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-the-death-of-a-farmer-s-wife.md)
- [Fighting for Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/fighting-for-home.md)
- [Every Rose Hath Its Thorn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/every-rose-hath-its-thorn.md)
- [Danger of Fire Arms](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/danger-of-fire-arms.md)
- [Bird Sent by Providence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/bird-sent-by-providence.md)
- [Help in Need](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/help-in-need.md)
- [Lines on the Finding of a Young Man's Body in Toronto Bay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-the-finding-of-a-young-man-s-body-in-toronto-bay.md)
- [Lines on a Lawn Party](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-a-lawn-party.md)
- [All Men Are Brothers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/all-men-are-brothers.md)
- [The Good Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-good-man.md)
- [Lay of the Spring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lay-of-the-spring.md)
- [High in Masonry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/high-in-masonry.md)
- [Tramp and Fish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/tramp-and-fish.md)
- [Seal Fishing and Hunting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/seal-fishing-and-hunting.md)
- [Snake and Its Young](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/snake-and-its-young.md)
- [Whale and Its Foes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/whale-and-its-foes.md)
- [Tiger and Elephant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/tiger-and-elephant.md)
- [Strange Life Preserver](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/strange-life-preserver.md)
- [Virtues of a Diamond Ring](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/virtues-of-a-diamond-ring.md)
- [Child Saved by Dog](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/child-saved-by-dog.md)
- [Leach the Engineer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/leach-the-engineer.md)
- [Jackal and Child](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/jackal-and-child.md)
- [Little Hero](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/little-hero.md)
- [Gray Hairs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/gray-hairs.md)
- [Good Shot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/good-shot.md)
- [Lost Son Found](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lost-son-found.md)
- [Shoe Black](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/shoe-black.md)
- [Duck and Oyster](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/duck-and-oyster.md)
- [Baby Darling](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/baby-darling.md)
- [Riding an Avalanche](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/riding-an-avalanche.md)
- [Final Address to Our Patrons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/final-address-to-our-patrons.md)
- [Card of Thanks to the Press](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/card-of-thanks-to-the-press.md)
- [Lines on Canada](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-canada.md)
- [The Glorious Land of Maple Leaf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-glorious-land-of-maple-leaf.md)
- [Canadian Cheese Trade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/canadian-cheese-trade.md)
- [Peculiarities of Oxford County](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/peculiarities-of-oxford-county.md)
- [Prophecy of a Ten Ton Cheese](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/prophecy-of-a-ten-ton-cheese.md)
- [Low Price of Cheese](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/low-price-of-cheese.md)
- [An Average Rule to Judge of Cheese](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/an-average-rule-to-judge-of-cheese.md)
- [Address to the Dairymen’s Association](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/address-to-the-dairymen-s-association.md)
- [The Mammoth Cheese and Cheese Factories](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-mammoth-cheese-and-cheese-factories.md)
- [The Centennial Prize Winner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-centennial-prize-winner.md)
- [Lines on a Hog](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-a-hog.md)
- [Lines on a Big Ox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-a-big-ox.md)
- [Lines Written to Alderman Frankland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-written-to-alderman-frankland.md)
- [Lines on the Pioneer Exporter of Canadian Bullocks to Britain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-the-pioneer-exporter-of-canadian-bullocks-to-britain.md)
- [The Patriotic Canadian Hen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-patriotic-canadian-hen.md)
- [The Canadian Horse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-canadian-horse.md)
- [The Apiary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-apiary.md)
- [Sheep](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/sheep.md)
- [Tile Drains](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/tile-drains.md)
- [Nickel Mines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/nickel-mines.md)
- [Mild Christmas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/mild-christmas.md)
- [The Steamboat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-steamboat.md)
- [Duties of Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/duties-of-life.md)
- [Great Fire in Michigan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/great-fire-in-michigan.md)
- [Horace Greely and Mrs. Staunton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/horace-greely-and-mrs-staunton.md)
- [Reflections After Reading “The Coming Race” and “Looking Backward”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/reflections-after-reading-the-coming-race-and-looking-backward.md)
- [Raise High the Banner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/raise-high-the-banner.md)
- [A Pleasing Illusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/a-pleasing-illusion.md)
- [A Ghost Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/a-ghost-story.md)
- [Sir Walter Scott](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/sir-walter-scott.md)
- [MacGregor's Gathering](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/macgregor-s-gathering.md)
- [Big Stag](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/big-stag.md)
- [Eagle and Stag](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/eagle-and-stag.md)
- [Fairy Tale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/fairy-tale.md)
- [Address to the Scottish Clans at Woodstock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/address-to-the-scottish-clans-at-woodstock.md)
- [Lines on Colonel Wonham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines-on-colonel-wonham.md)
- [Murder of a Young Englishman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/murder-of-a-young-englishman.md)
- [Fair Day at Embro](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/fair-day-at-embro.md)
- [Decoration Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/decoration-day.md)
- [Strange Water Wheels at Beachville](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/strange-water-wheels-at-beachville.md)
- [Fight in a Cave](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/fight-in-a-cave.md)
- [The Present Time](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-present-time.md)
- [The Rescue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-rescue.md)
- [Lady Ann](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lady-ann.md)
- [Tom Norton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/tom-norton.md)
- [Fox Hunt Yarn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/fox-hunt-yarn.md)
- [The King and Peasant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-king-and-peasant.md)
- [Spanish Donkey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/spanish-donkey.md)
- [Child and Horse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/child-and-horse.md)
- [Mule and Bear Fight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/mule-and-bear-fight.md)
- [Bear and Buzzsaw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/bear-and-buzzsaw.md)
- [Wooden Leg](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/wooden-leg.md)
- [Alligator Rider](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/alligator-rider.md)
- [Young Swell and Tramp](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/young-swell-and-tramp.md)
- [Lightning Rod Agent](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lightning-rod-agent.md)
- [Conquered by a Child](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/conquered-by-a-child.md)
- [Joined His Church](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/joined-his-church.md)
- [Soldier and Gander](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/soldier-and-gander.md)
- [Indian Wars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/indian-wars.md)
- [Love in a Snowdrift](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/love-in-a-snowdrift.md)
- [Blanket Shield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/blanket-shield.md)
- [Dime Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/dime-story.md)
- [Alligator and Boy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/alligator-and-boy.md)
- [Lines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines.md)
- [Lines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/lines.md)
- [Political](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/political.md)
- [The Flood on the Creek](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/the-flood-on-the-creek.md)
- [Big Crops of 1891](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/big-crops-of-1891.md)
- [Death of Parnell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/death-of-parnell.md)
- [Short Route to the Orient](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/short-route-to-the-orient.md)
- [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_12_se/chapters/endnotes.md)

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