This Canada of ours and other poems/Saguenay
For works with similar titles, see Impromptu.
ON THE SAGUENAY.
"IMPROMPTU."
From the French of Louis H. Fréchette, in "Pêle-Mêle."
The forest has spells to enchant me,
The mountain has power to enthral:
Yet the grace of a wayside blossom
Can stir my heart deeper than all.
The mountain has power to enthral:
Yet the grace of a wayside blossom
Can stir my heart deeper than all.
O towering steeps, that are mirrored
On Saguenay's darkening breast!
O grim, rocky heights, sternly frowning,
The thunders have smitten your crest!
On Saguenay's darkening breast!
O grim, rocky heights, sternly frowning,
The thunders have smitten your crest!
O sentinels, piercing the cloudland,
Stand forth in stupendous array!
My brow, by your shadows enshrouded,
Is humbled before you to-day.
Stand forth in stupendous array!
My brow, by your shadows enshrouded,
Is humbled before you to-day.
But, peaks that are gilded by heaven,
Defiant you stand in your pride!
From glories too distant above me,
I turn to the friend by my side.
Defiant you stand in your pride!
From glories too distant above me,
I turn to the friend by my side.