Nicholas Flood Davin

Nicholas Flood Davin (1840–1901) was an Irish-born lawyer, journalist and politician who settled in the North-West Territories, founded the Regina Leader and sat in the Canadian House of Commons. His long poem Eos: An Epic of the Dawn was published in 1889.

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