Verses and Rhymes by the way Nora Pembroke Verses and Rhymes by the way Table of Contents Verses and Rhymes by the way................................................................................................................................1 Nora Pembroke..............................................................................................................................................2 A STORY OF PLANTAGENET...................................................................................................................5 PART II........................................................................................................................................................10 PART III......................................................................................................................................................14 A LEGEND OF BUCKINGHAM VILLAGE.............................................................................................17 PART II........................................................................................................................................................19 OTTAWA....................................................................................................................................................22 THE LAKE ALLUMETTE.........................................................................................................................23 HOW PRINCE ARTHUR WAS WELCOMED TO PEMBROKE............................................................24 THE WELCOME.........................................................................................................................................26 A MOTHER'S LAMENT FOR AN ONLY ONE.......................................................................................27 SERVANTS.................................................................................................................................................29 ALAS, MY BROTHER!..............................................................................................................................31 I WILL NOT BE COMFORTED BECAUSE ONE IS NOT......................................................................33 TO A FATHERS MEMORY.......................................................................................................................34 ORSON'S FAREWELL...............................................................................................................................35 DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.........................................................................................................37 ADDRESSES...............................................................................................................................................39 ERIN'S ADDRESS......................................................................................................................................40 NORA TO DAVID HERBISON.................................................................................................................42 DEATH OF D'ARCY McGEE....................................................................................................................45 LINES TO A SHAMROCK........................................................................................................................47 LAMENTATION.........................................................................................................................................49 THE SONG OF THE BEREAVED.............................................................................................................51 COMFORT YE, COMFORT YE MY PEOPLE.........................................................................................54 MAJORITY.................................................................................................................................................56 MY OWN GREEN LAND..........................................................................................................................57 BEREAVEMENT. (Job iii. 26)...................................................................................................................60 OUT OF THE DEPTHS..............................................................................................................................62 ERIN, MAVOURNEEN. A Prize Poem......................................................................................................63 WRITTEN FOR THE O'CONNEL CENTENARY....................................................................................65 WE LAMENT NOT FOR ONE BUT MANY............................................................................................67 LINES FOR THE BRIDAL.........................................................................................................................70 WELCOME HOME.....................................................................................................................................71 BAPTISM IN LAKE ALLUMETTE..........................................................................................................72 GOOD−BYE. (To Miss E E.)......................................................................................................................73 WEEP WITH THOSE WHO WEEP. (Mary Maud.)..................................................................................74 TO ELIZABETH RAY................................................................................................................................76 FAREWELL TO LORD AND LADY DUFFERIN....................................................................................77 A WELCOME THE CAMPBELLS ARE COMING..................................................................................79 DEATH OF NORMAN DEWAR................................................................................................................80 THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY......................................................................................................82 IN MEMORY OF JOHN LEACH CRAIG.................................................................................................84 FAREWELL................................................................................................................................................87 THE PRINCE OF ANHALT DESSAU.......................................................................................................88 MARY'S DEATH........................................................................................................................................98 TO ISABEL...............................................................................................................................................100 i Verses and Rhymes by the way Table of Contents Verses and Rhymes by the way LINES ON ANNEXATION......................................................................................................................101 TO MY FRIEND.......................................................................................................................................103 LITTLE MINNIE.......................................................................................................................................105 TECUMTHE..............................................................................................................................................107 CREED AND CONDUCT COMBINED AS CAUSE AND EFFECT.....................................................112 RETROSPECT...........................................................................................................................................114 TO THE RAIN...........................................................................................................................................116 DIVIDED...................................................................................................................................................117 TO MARY.................................................................................................................................................118 TO FRANCES...........................................................................................................................................119 A NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS, 1870...........................................................................................................120 MY BABY.................................................................................................................................................123 THE FATE OF HENRY HUDSON..........................................................................................................125 FORSAKEN...............................................................................................................................................133 KEEPING TRYST.....................................................................................................................................135 EDGAR......................................................................................................................................................138 GONE.........................................................................................................................................................140 WHAT WENT YE OUT FOR TO SEE?...................................................................................................141 THE IROQUOIS SIDE