The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon by Mrs. (Rosanna Eleanor) Leprohon
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Les restes mortels de Marie Thérèse Gannensagouas de la Congrégation de Notre Dame. Après avoir exercée pendant treize ans l'office de maitresse d'école à la montagne, elle mourut en reputation de grande vertu, âgée de 28 ans, le 25 novembre 1695.] JACQUES CARTIER'S FIRST VISIT TO MOUNT ROYAL. He stood on the wood-crowned summit Of our mountain's regal height, And gazed on the scene before him, By October's golden light, And his dark eyes, earnest, thoughtful, Lit up with a softer ray As they dwelt on the scene of beauty That, outspread, before him lay. Like a sea of liquid silver, St. Lawrence, 'neath the sun, Reflected the forest foliage And the Indian wigwams dun, |
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