| William Wilfred Campbell, comp. The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. 1913. | | | | When Dora Died | | By Amos Henry Chandler (1837–1880) |
| | | DREARY, dreary, | |
| Fundy’s mists are sweeping | |
| Up the stricken vale of Westmoreland; | |
| Weary, weary, | |
| Is my heart, and weeping, | 5 |
| While the cold waves dash upon the strand. | |
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| Fillèd, fillèd, | |
| Is the land with sorrow, | |
| In loud wailing roars the angry sea; | |
| Stillèd, stillèd, | 10 |
| Will they be to-morrow, | |
| Summer notes, and murmurs on the lea. | |
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| Coldly, coldly, | |
| Blent with autumn mists, lie | |
| Eve’s dark shadows upon the hills away; | 15 |
| Boldly, boldly, | |
| Like a giant sentry, | |
| Chapeau Dieu keeps vigil o’er the bay. | |
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| Lay me, lay me, | |
| While the world is waking, | 20 |
| Down to dream on what was gone before; | |
| Pray ye, pray ye, | |
| Lest my heart be breaking, | |
| God, to bring her to my side once more. | | | | |
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