"Regarde me disait mon père Ce drapeau vaillamment porté; Il a fait ton pays prospère Et respecte ta liberté. "C'est le drapeau de l'Angleterre; Sans tache, sur le firmament, Presque à tous les points de la terre Il flotte glorieusement." Or take up a volume by Roberts and read that frequently quoted poem of which these are the closing lines: "Shall not our love this rough sweet land make sure? Her bounds preserve inviolate, though we die. O strong hearts of the North, Let flame your loyalty forth, And put the craven and base to an open shame, Till earth shall know the Child of Nations by her name." Even Mr. Edgar has forgotten the astute lawyer and the politician in his national song, "This Canada of Ours," and has given expression to the deep sentiment that lies as I have said in the heart of every true Canadian and forces him at times to words like these: "Strong arms shall guard our cherished homes When darkest danger lowers, And with our life-blood we'll defend This Canada of ours, Fair Canada, Dear Canada, This Canada of ours." Such poems are worth a good many political speeches even in parliament so far as their effect upon the hearts and sympathies is concerned. We all remember a famous man once said, "Let me make all the ballads, and I care not who makes the laws of a people." [Footnote B: A list of Canadian poems which have been printed in books (from 1867-1893) appears in the Bibliographical Notes (40).] [Footnote C: Given in full in Appendix.] [Footnote D: See Appendix to this work, note 40, for an extract from this fine poem.] [Footnote E: See Appendix to this work, note 40, for an extract from one of his national poems.] VI.