Tag: Queen Victoria Park
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A Pic-Nic at the Falls by Melvin Byron Misener
The Crowland Safe Guard Union and Port Robinson Presbyterian Sabbath Schools held a union picnic at the Falls on Aug. 15, and the occasion has been immortalized by the Crowland poet, as followeth : — Did you ever Pic-nic at the Falls ‡‡Upon a summer’s day ? If not, I tell you, ’tis the place…
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Niagara Falls by William McClure
Niagara! What memories you evoke, A mecca for all travel-folder folk; The honeymooners’ lure, and lovers’ pride Whose name is lauded o’er the countryside. Here comes the tired and jaded business man Hot from convention halls; now spick and span; The busy housewife, proud of all her brood And cheerful hubby, carrying their food, The…
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Remembering Victoria Park by Evelyn M. Watson
watson remembering Let conversation seek the Beautiful — Rhyming bird-wings, and that so-magic poise Of nature’s flute-song, or cello music mellow, Green-berried vines that edge a lapping pool Where lily-stars are doubled, white and yellow : And let me find the day’s own cadences — Gay frocks, that flower upon a windy line, That old-blue…
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The Unforgotten by Caroline Eleanor Wilkinson
Unforgotten, unforgotten are the stalwart and the brave, Men who died for home and country, grand old Union Jack to save. Though the war-drum‘s beat is over, and the turmoil seems a dream, Still the faces of our loved ones, ever in our mem‘ry gleam. Trained not in their youth to warfare, yet they fought…