"The glory of the summer sky May change to tints of autumn hue; But faith that sheds its amber light Will lend our heaven a tender blue. "O altar of eternal youth! O faith that beckons from afar. Give to our lives a blossomed fruit-- Give to our morns an evening star!" Very distinctive is the work of Doctor William Henry Drummond, the poet of the "habitant" life. _De Nice Leetle Canadienne_ and _Leetle Bateese_ have become household songs. In the former one stanza runs: "O she's quick, an' she's smart, an' got plaintee heart, If you know correc' way go about; An' if you don' know, she soon tole you so. Den tak' de firs' chance an' get out; But if she love you, I spik it for true, She will mak' it more beautiful den, An' sun on de sky can't shine lak' de eye Of dat nice leetle Canadienne." _Leetle Bateese_ is a favourite with reciters who master the dialect, and who frequently delight their audiences by the mingled humour and tenderness of the picture: {272} "Too sleepy for sayin' de prayer to-night? Never min', I s'pose it'll be all right; Say dem to-morrow--ah! dere he go! Fas' asleep in a minute or so-- An' he'll stay lak dat till de rooster crow, Leetle Bateese! * * * * * * "But, leetle Bateese! please don' forget We rader you're stayin' de small boy yet, So chase de chicken an' mak' dem scare, An' do w'at you lak wit' your old gran'pere For we'n you're beeg feller he won't be dere-- Leetle Bateese!" John W. Garvin, who has manifested his devotion to the muses by compiling a notable anthology of Canadian poets (recently published), is also a poet of recognition, and one of his productions, entitled _Majesty_, is especially original in conception. Mr. Garvin's devotion to the poetic literature of his country has rendered great service in the way of making the poets known to the general reading public and bringing together, within convenient limits, much that is best in poetic art. The names come to mind of Alfred Gordon, a young and gifted English poet now a resident of Montreal; of Ethelyn Wetherald, Robert Norwood, E. Pauline Johnson, the daughter of Chief Johnson of the Mohawks; of Virna Sheard, Alma Frances McCollum, Albert D. Watson, William McLennan, and William Douw Lighthall (whose recognition extends far beyond his native country); of Charles Mair, whose _Tecumseh_ contains much that is excellent in poetic lore. Marjorie L. C. Pickthall has already {273} established a claim to the wide recognition that opens before her, and her poem _The Lamp of Poor Souls_ must be especially remembered. Jean Blewett is one of the most thoughtful and beautiful of the present choir of singers. Mrs. Blewett is Canadian born, and something of the high seriousness of life that characterises the Reverend Canon Scott seems reflected in the poems of Mrs. Blewett; as in the following, entitled _Discontent_: