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William Canton

I lived from 1845-1926. I was from England, and am in the English category.

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  • The Crow
    With rakish eye and plenished crop,
    Oblivious of the farmer's gun,
    16 lines, 4 comments
  • Karma
    In the heart of the white summer mist lay a green little piece of the world;
    And the tops of the beeches were lost in the mist, and the mist ringed us round;
    19 lines
  • Carol
    When the herds were watching
    In the midnight chill,
    17 lines
  • Laus Infantium
    In praise of little children I will say
    God first made man, then found a better way
    21 lines
  • A New Poet
    I WRITE. He sits beside my chair,
    And scribbles, too, in hushed delight;
    34 lines
  • Heights and Depths
    He walked in glory on the hills;
    We dalesmen envied from afar
    8 lines
  • This grace vouchsase me for the rhymes I write
    This grace vouchsase me for the rhymes I write.
    If any last, nor perish quick and quite,
    9 lines
  • “Si j'avais un arpent”
      Oh, had I but a plot of earth, on plain or vale or hill,
      With running water babbling through, in torrent, spring, or
    19 lines
  • East of Eden
    Far down upon the plain the large round moon
    Sank red in jungle mist; but on the heights
    136 lines
  • Heart-ease
      Last June—how slight a thing to tell!—
      One straggling leaf beneath the limes
    11 lines
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