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    In Divers Tones
    In Divers Tones
    In Divers Tones
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    In Divers Tones

    By Charles G. D. Roberts

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    This early work by Charles G. D. Roberts was originally published in 1886 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Ledge on Bald Face' is a collection of poems by this prolific author of fiction and poetry. Charles G. D. Roberts was born on 10th January 1860, in Douglas, New Brunswick, Canada. Roberts's most successful literary genre was that of the animal story which featured in works such as Earth's Enigmas (1896) and Eyes of the Wilderness (1933). He also wrote romance novels and several non-fiction works on Canada.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateJan 18, 2016
    ISBN9781473378339
    In Divers Tones
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    Charles G. D. Roberts

    Charles G.D Roberts (1860-1943) was a poet and prose writer. After a childhood in New Brunswick, he became a heralded poet who later turned to fiction, writing an extensive series of animal stories and pioneering a genre that remains popular today. His works include Eyes of the Wilderness, The Vagrant of Time, and Earth's Enigmas. Roberts spent the last years of his life in Toronto, where he died.

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      In Divers Tones - Charles G. D. Roberts

      To My Friend,

      EDMUND COLLINS.

      In divers tones I sing,

        And pray you, Friend, give ear!

      My medley of song I bring

        You, who can rightly hear.

      Themes gathered far and near,

        Thoughts from my heart that spring,

        In divers tones I sing,

      And pray you. Friend, give ear!

      Here’s many a serious thing—

        You’ll know if it’s sincere.

      Where the light laughters ring

        You may detect a tear.

      In divers tones I sing,

        And pray you, Friend, give ear!

      Contents

      IN DIVERS TONES

      To My Friend, EDMUND COLLINS.

      Charles G. D. Roberts

      COLLECT FOR DOMINION DAY.

      CANADA.

      ACTAEON.

      A WOMAN OF PLATAEA SPEAKS.

      IN THE AFTERNOON.

      THE PIPES OF PAN.

      BEFORE THE BREATH OF STORM.

      OUT OF POMPEII.

      TO FREDERICTON IN MAY-TIME.

      IN SEPTEMBER.

      CONCERNING CUTHBERT THE MONK.

      IMPULSE.

      THE ISLES—AN ODE.

      A SERENADE.

      OFF PELORUS.

      A BALLADE OF CALYPSO.

      RAIN.

      MIST.

      THE TANTRAMAR REVISITED.

      THE SLAVE WOMAN.

      THE MARVELLOUS WORK.

      A SONG OF DEPENDENCE.

      ON THE CREEK.

      THE SOWER.

      THE POTATO HARVEST.

      AFLOAT.

      RECKONING.

      IN NOTRE DAME.

      NOCTURNE.

      TIDES.

      CONSOLATION.

      DARK.

      THE FOOTPATH.

      TOUT OU RIEN.

      SALT.

      KHARTOUM.

      LIBERTY.

      TO THE MEMORY OF SIDNEY LANIER.

      ON READING THE POEMS OF SIDNEY LANIER.

      TO BLISS CARMAN,

      A BALLADE OF PHILOMELA.

      A HERALD.

      WINTER GERANIUMS.

      A BREATHING TIME.

      BIRCH AND PADDLE.

      AN ODE FOR THE CANADIAN CONFEDERACY.

      THE QUELLING OF THE MOOSE.

      A SONG OF REGRET.

      THE DEPARTING OF CLOTE SCARP.

      A BREAK.

      TO A LADY,

      RONDEAU.

      A BIRTHDAY BALLADE.

      TO S—— M——.

      LA BELLE TROMBONISTE.

      THE POET IS BIDDEN TO MANHATTAN ISLAND.

      THE BLUE VIOLET.

      Charles G. D. Roberts

      Charles G. D. Roberts was born on 10th January 1860, in Douglas, New Brunswick, Canada. He was the eldest of the six children of Emma Wetmore Bliss and Rev. George Goodridge Roberts (an Anglican Priest).

      The family moved to Fredericton in 1873 where the young Roberts attended Fredericton Collegiate School. The headmaster, George Robert Parkin, inspired Roberts to love classical literature and introduced him to the poetry of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Algernon Charles Swinburne. He went on to study at the University of New Brunswick, earning his B.A. in 1879 and an M.A. in 1881. On the completion of his education, Roberts remained in New Brunswick and took the position of principal at Chatham High School, a role he held between 1879 and 1881. He followed this with a further two years as principal at York Street School, Fredericton, before moving to Toronto to edit Goldwin Smith’s magazine The Week.

      Roberts married Mary Fenety in 1880, with whom he had five children. In the same year he also published his first collection of poetry Orion and Other Poems. This work received favourable reviews and established him as a promising Canadian literary figure. During his time as a professor at University of King’s College, Nova Scotia, Roberts published his second book of poetry, In Divers Tones (1886).

      In 1895, a request for a leave of absence was turned down and he decided to resign from his university post to become a full-time author. The following year he published his first novel The Forge in the Forest (1896). Roberts’s most successful literary genre was that of the animal story which featured in works such as Earth’s Enigmas (1896) and Eyes of the Wilderness (1933). He also wrote romance novels and several non-fiction works on Canada.

      Roberts left his family in 1897 to move to New York to work as an editor for The Illustrated American. He remained in New York for ten years until he decided to cross the Atlantic. He spent the next 18 years living in Paris, London, and Munich.

      Roberts returned to Canada in 1925. He settled there and remarried in 1943 at the age of 83, but died soon after. His funeral was held in Toronto, but his ashes were returned to Fredericton, where he was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery.

      COLLECT FOR DOMINION DAY.

      Father of nations! Help of the feeble hand!

        Strength of the strong! to whom the nations kneel!

        Stay and destroyer, at whose just command

        Earth’s kingdoms tremble and her empires reel!

      Who dost the low uplift, the small make great,

        And dost

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