George Murray was a British poet, translator and scholar who lived out most of his life in Canada, where he was a classics master at a Montreal high school. In this collection, intermixed with his own original poetry, are Murray's translations of works by popular French poets like Victor Hugo, Alphonse de Lamartine, Alfred de Musset, Gérard de Nerval and Théophile Gautier, along with selections from Greek, Latin, Swedish and German authors. The volume was edited by "the grand old man of Canadian letters" and Montreal Gazette literary editor John Reade, who also provided the prefatory biographical memoir. - Summary by Tomas Peter
Preface and Biographical SketchHow Canada Was SavedWillie the MinerTo a Humming-bird in a GardenThe Pardoned SinThe Thistle: A Legendary BalladA ParableAn Eastern JudgeThe LakeGod's HeroesA Legend of the Child Jesus (Written for a Child)The Time Will Come: RondeauA Lesson of MercyThe King and the PeasantThe Story of Brother PaulRobert BurnsThe Swiss DeserterA Dream About the AspenBrotherly Love; or, The Site of King Solomon's TempleThe Days That Are No MoreThe Deaf GirlThe Neapolitans to MozartThe New Year's Night of an Unhappy ManThe SowerThe Lamp of HeroThe Funeral of a Village GirlThe Keeper's SonIphigenia at AulisAfter the BattleThe Madonna's IsleA Wild FlowerA Woman's DreamRemembrancePerhapsIf, Darling, with Melodious LayThe Lily and the RoseLe muguet et la roseSonnetA Week in a Boy's LifeA FantasyForget Me NotJacquesThe Maiden of OtaheiteUne femmeA WomanDeliveredTo NinonIn FuturoA Dead WomanAn Evening SceneChristmasMemoriesTit-for-TatThe Flower and the ButterflyTo My Old CoatA BalladRondeauThe Grave and the RoseUltima Spes MortuorumThe GrandmotherThe Terrors of Death (Written on the Walls of a Carthusian Monastery)The RedbreastThe Angel and the ChildWhat the Swallows SayAn Appeal for the Deaf and DumbGondoliedThe StrangerThe Old YearThe HoroscopeThe Hare and the Tortoise'Beauty and the Beast'Prologue to 'The Merchant of Venice'Vilikins and His DinahIdem Latine RedditumA Farewell to the 'Guards'The Silken SashesDesolationA Pauper PoetA Ballad for Christmas-tideThe Ballad of the Hopeless ManA Story of King DavidAt Lake MaholéFrom the French of Victor HugoTranslations from the Odes of Horace'For Valour'The DovesKnight ToggenburgA Coup d'État: An Incident in the Night of December 4th, 1851An Old Song of a Youthful TimeMargaret's Song (from 'Faust')The Wandering JewThe Avenged CrowThe Landlady's DaughterTwo PicturesConsolationA Handful of EpigramsBeneath a PictureThe CaravanFame and LoveThe Spectre of the RoseCoquetrySongThe Gentlemen Cricketers' TeamFlowers from the Greek AnthologyThe Student's WifeSongThe Toilet of ConstanceLe monde est méchantThe Ballad of Jean RenaudThe Cid and the JewWelcome to Mark TwainLord RobertsThe StreamletThe Eagle and the KingsThe Pilgrimage to KevlaarThe LeafMy Neighbour's CurtainThe Strike of the SmithsWhen Children SleepA Thief (A Christmas Story)The Magic BowNoëlThe Black PointPresent Help in TroubleThe Blind ManÀ un passantChanson d'automneThe Brook and the OceanA Withered NosegayThe ButterflyThe Death of RollaThe GiantFor AyeThe Golden DreamWhither?
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