William Henry Drummond

William Henry Drummond (1854–1907) was born in Ireland and brought up in Canada, and practised medicine in Montreal. He became famous for his verse in the English of the French-Canadian country people, collected in The Habitant (1897), Johnnie Courteau (1901) and later volumes.

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