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In days of yore, from Britain's shore, Wolfe, the dauntless hero, came And planted firm Britannia's flag On Canada's fair domain. Here may it wave, our boast, our pride And, joined in love together, The thistle, shamrock, rose entwine (Also sung: The lily, thistle, shamrock, rose) The Maple Leaf forever! Chorus The Maple Leaf, our emblem dear,
In 1987, the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award was established in his memory by Ted Plantos.It is presented annually to an outstanding "people's poet." The award was initially [18] $250 (since raised to $500) and a medallion, modelled after the one given to Milton Acorn.
Joseph Auslander (1897–1965), US poet, anthologist and novelist; US Poet Laureate, 1937–1941; Ausonius (c. 310–395), Latin poet and rhetorician at Burdigala ; Paul Auster (born 1947), US poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, and translator; James Avery (1948–2013), US actor, poet and screenwriter; Margaret Avison (1918–2007), Canadian ...
This is a list of English-language poets, who have written much of their poetry in English. [1] Main country of residence as a poet (not place of birth): A = Australia, Ag = Antigua, B = Barbados, Bo = Bosnia, C = Canada, Ch = Chile, Cu = Cuba, D = Dominica, De = Denmark, E = England, F = France, G = Germany, Ga = Gambia, Gd = Grenada, Gh = Ghana/Gold Coast, Gr = Greece, Gu = Guyana/British ...
The poets listed below were either born in the United States or else published much of their poetry while living in that country. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Old Norse poetry developed from the common Germanic alliterative verse, and as such has many commonalities with Old English, Old Saxon, and Old High German poetry, including alliteration, poetic circumlocutions termed kennings, and an expansive vocabulary of poetic synonyms, termed heiti.
Cynewulf of Lindisfarne (d. c. 780) is a plausible candidate for Cynewulf the poet, based on the argument that the poet's elaborate religious pieces must lend themselves to "the scholarship and faith of the professional ecclesiastic speaking with authority", [12] but this conclusion is not universally accepted. [13]
William Cowper (/ ˈ k uː p ər / KOO-pər; 15 November 1731 [2] / 26 November 1731 – 14 April 1800 [2] / 25 April 1800 ()) was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter.. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside.