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William Wilfred Campbell

I lived from 1861-1918. I was from Canada, and am in the Americas category.

Schooled in Owen Sound, and studied at the University College, where he wrote for the student newspaper.

He went to Wycliffe College, Toronto, and then, Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Married Mary Dibble of Woodstock, Ontario, in 1884.

First two volumes of verse were Sunshine and Snowflakes (1888), and Lake Lyrics (1889).

Also wrote historical novels and poetic dramas, and he edited the Oxford Book of Canadian Verse (1913).

Publication List

Snowflakes and Sunbeams (poems; 1888)

Lake Lyrics and Other Poems (poems; 1889)

The Dread Voyage and Other Poems (poems; 1893 or 1898)

Mordred and Hildebrand (poetical drama; 1895)

Beyond the Hills of Dreams (poems; 1899)

The Poems of Wilfred Campbell (poems; 1905)

Ian of the Orcades, or the Armourer of Grinigoe (novel; 1906)

Canada (nonfiction; 1907)

Poetic Tragedies (poetical drama; 1908)

A Beautiful Rebel (novel; 1909)

The Beauty, History, Romance, and Mystery of the Canadian Lake Region (nonfiction; 1910) [enlarged and revised reprint in 1914]

Sagas of Vaster Britain (poems; 1914)

The Poetical Works of Wilfred Campbell (poems; 1923)

At the Mermaid Inn, Conducted by A. Lampman, W.W. Campbell, Duncan C. Scott (nonfiction; 1958)

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  • Indian Summer
    Along the line of smoky hills
    The crimson forest stands,
    12 lines, 3 comments
  • Canadian Folksong
    The doors are shut, the windows fast;
    Outside the gust is driving past,
    24 lines, 1 comment
  • Snow
    Down out of heaven,
    Frost-kissed
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  • An October Evening
    The woods are haggard and lonely,
    The skies are hooded for
    20 lines, 2 comments
  • Bereavement Of The Fields
    Soft fall the February snows, and soft
        Falls on my heart the snow of wintry pain;
    85 lines, 1 comment
  • Langemarck At Ypres
    This is the ballad of Langemarck, 
      A story of glory and might; 
    131 lines, 1 comment
  • How One Winter Came In The Lake Region
    For weeks and weeks the autumn world stood still,
        Clothed in the shadow of a smoky haze;
    33 lines, 1 comment
  • In My Study,
    Out over my study,
    All ashen and ruddy,
    20 lines, 1 comment
  • The Sky Watcher
    Black rolls the phantom chimney-smoke
    Beneath the wintry moon;
    77 lines, 1 comment
  • On Christmas Eve
    In byre and barn the mows are brim with sheaves,
    Where stealeth in with phosphorescent tread
    14 lines, 1 comment
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