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William T. Allison

1874–1941


William Talbot Allison (1874–1941) was a Canadian critic and teacher of English literature, long a professor at the University of Manitoba, who also wrote poems.

The poems given here are taken from The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse, chosen by Wilfred Campbell (Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1913).

  1. The Cry of the Romanticist
  2. October Day
  3. A Galley Slave of Sidon

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