Produced by Al Haines
Professor of English, Ontario Agricultural College.
Copyright, Canada, 1912, by THE COPP, CLARK COMPANY, LIMITED,
Toronto, Ontario.
The Narrative and Lyric Poems contained in this volume are thoseprescribed by the Department of Education for examination for Juniorand Senior Public School Diplomas, and for the Senior High SchoolEntrance, and Entrance into the Model Schools. (Circular 58.)
In arranging the order of the poems, the Editor has taken intoconsideration the character of the selections with the object both ofgrading them in the order of increasing difficulty, and of securingvariety in the subjects treated. The teacher may, however, followhis own judgment as to the order in which the poems should be takenup in class.
In the annotations the chief points of difficulty have beenexplained. In the case of a number of the poems, different editionsof the poets' works contain different readings. In such cases wehave followed the readings that are best known and that have beenrecognized by the best authorities.
The Meeting of the Water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moore
Jock o' Hazeldean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott
Horatius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Macaulay
Alice Brand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scott
The Solitary Reaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wordsworth
The Island of the Scots . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aytoun
Dickens in Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Harte
A Musical Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Browning
Gradatim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Holland
The Battle of the Lake Regillus . . . . . . . . Macaulay
The Vision of Sir Launfal . . . . . . . . . . . . Lowell
The Builders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Longfellow
British Freedom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wordsworth
The Courtship of Miles Standish . . . . . . . . Longfellow
Sohrab and Rustum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arnold
There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet
As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet!
Oh! the last rays of feeling and life must depart
Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.
Yet it was not that nature had shed o'er the scene 5
Her purest of crystal and brightest of green;
'Twas not the soft magic of streamlet or hill,
Oh! no—it was something more exquisite still.
'Twas that friends, the beloved of my bosom, were near,
Who made every dear scene of enchantment more dear, 10
And who felt how the best charms of nature improve,
When we see them reflected from looks that we