Poems and Essays / Joseph Howe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Howe, Joseph, 1804-1873.

Contributor:

Parks, M.G.

Series:

Heritage

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian poetry--19th century.

Canadian poetry.

Canadian essays--19th century.

Canadian essays.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 pages) : illustrtions

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [1973]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

"This volume, containing a selection of the poetry and prose of Joseph Howe, presents various aspects of a fascinating man who few Canadian know as other than the 'tribune of Nova Scotia' and a political giant of colonial times. Yet Howe was also a writer, and a good one. His intuitive grasp and pragmatic skill in political affairs were combined with wide-ranging intellectual curiosity, strong moral idealism, and a lively imagination. He revealed a vigorous strength in journalism and politics, in public life in general, and in his prose. His poetry admittedly was minor and colonial -- he cultivated eighteenth-century verse models and habits of diction, which made him a second-generation Romantic in attitude and tone rather than in style -- and its merit, according to David Munroe, Dalhousie Review, XX, 1941, 'lies principally in the deep sincerity which is characteristic of all good verse.' However, to understand the man and his times it is essential to understand the full extent of his endeavours; hence the significance of this book. The selections in this volume were assembled after Howe's death by his ninth child, Sydenham. They include the unfinished poem 'Acadia, ' various serious and sentimental poems, five essays originally written and delivered as speeches, and a moral tale entitled 'The Locksmith of Philadelphia.'"--Publisher's description

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Introduction

Bibliographical Note

Acadia

Sable Island

The Stewiacke

Melville Island

The Flag Of Old England

Our Fathers

Song For The 8th June

The Streams

Thanksgiving Hymn

My Native Pines

Fame

La Tribune

Home

To The Queen

Making Land

The Rhine

Coming Home

Saturday Night At Sea

The Stormy Petrel

The Coaster

The Song Of The Micmac

The Wild Cherry Tree

The Micmac

My Father

Glide Merrily On My Little Skiff

To My Wife

To My Sister Jane

To Susan Ann

Oh think not that my heart can e'er

Nay, chide me not

The Beach

Tho' Time may steal the roseate blush

Song

The Birth Day

The Wedding Day

To Ellen

A Love Song

The Unseen Babe

To Jane

To Sophia

To a Lady

To M.J.K.

To Mary

To Ann

Oh! It would more than transport be

Lines written in an Album

To Valentine

Farewell my Brother

Farewell

To Sarah

The Birth-day

Written in a Bible

To Woman

What is a Friend?

The Promise

The Three Flowers

To Mrs. Norton

To Fancy

The Blue Nose

Friendship's Garden

Tears

The Travellers

To the Moose

The Talbots

Cornelia!s Answer

Cincinnatus

To the Mayflower

To the Linnet

To the Fire-fly

The Deserted Nest

To a Rose

The Wreath

To the Town Clock

A Toast

The Fancy Ball No I

The Fancy Ball No 2

Tom's Apology

Once more I put my Bonnet on

A New Member

Epigrams

Essays

Shakspeare Oration

Lecture on Eloquence

Lecture on the Moral Influence of Woman

Address at the Howe Family Gathering

The Locksmith of Philadelphia, (a tale)

Address

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 19. Feb 2019)

ISBN:

9781487590314

1487590318

9781487599706

1487599706

OCLC:

655073123