قراءة كتاب Phil-o-rum's Canoe, and Madeleine Vercheres: Two Poems

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Phil-o-rum's Canoe, and Madeleine Vercheres: Two Poems

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Drummond William Henry

دار النشر: Project Gutenberg

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arrive over dere on

de 'noder shore

I tak' dat canoe lak' de lady, an' carry her off

wit' me,

For I 'm sorry de way I 'm treat her, an' she

know more dan me, sapree!

Yass, dat 's smart canoe, an' I know it 's true,

w'at she 's spikin' wit' me dat day,

I 'm not de young feller I use to be, w'en work

she was only play,

An' I know I was comin' closer on place w'ere

I mus' tak' care,

W'ere de mos' worse current 's de las' wan too,

de current of Dead Riviere.

You can only steer, an' if rock be near, wit'

wave dashin' all aroun',

Better mak' leetle prayer, for on Dead Riviere,

some very smart man get drown;

But if you be locky an' watch youse'f, mebbe

reever won't seem so wide,

An' firse t'ing you know you 'll ronne ashore,

safe on de 'noder side.

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MADELEINE VERCHERES.

I've told you many a tale, my child, of the

old heroic days,

Of Indian wars and massacre, of villages ablaze

With savage torch, from Ville Marie to the

Mission of Trois Rivieres;

But never have I told you yet of Madeleine Vercheres.

Summer had come with its blossoms, and gaily

the robin sang,

And deep in the forest arches, the axe of the

woodman rang;

Again in the