John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll

John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne and later 9th Duke of Argyll (1845–1914), was Governor General of Canada from 1878 to 1883 and a writer of verse and prose. His Canadian poems and his Canadian Pictures (1884) came out of his years in the country.

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