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George Frederick Cameron

1854–1885

George Frederick Cameron (1854–1885) was a Nova Scotian lawyer, journalist and poet who died young.

His collected Lyrics on Freedom, Love and Death appeared in 1887 after his death. One of the poets chosen by W. D. Lighthall for Songs of the Great Dominion (London, 1889), an anthology of Canadian verse.

Poems (7)

  1. On Leaving the Coast of Nova Scotia
  2. Standing on Tiptoe
  3. Ah me ! the mighty love that I have borne
  4. What Matters It
  5. True Greatness
  6. The Future
  7. The Golden Text

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