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Victorian

William Canton

1845–1926

William Canton (1845–1926) was a British poet, journalist and writer, best known for his writing for children.

The poems here are taken from Alfred H. Miles (ed.), The Poets and the Poetry of the Century (London: Hutchinson, 1891–1897), vol. 8, from the Internet Archive scans of that edition. Spelling is that of the anthology; Miles's biographical essay and extracts from longer poems are omitted, and only poems that could be read cleanly from the scan are included.

Poems (12)

  1. A Deserted Garden
  2. Broad August burns in milky skies
  3. Love and Labour
  4. Any Father
  5. Any Mother
  6. A Philosopher
  7. These little shoes!— How proud she was of these!
  8. Birth and Death
  9. Laus Infantium
  10. A New Poet
  11. Karma
  12. The Crow

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