Charles Heavysege

Charles Heavysege (1816–1876), born in England, settled in Montreal in 1853 and worked as a carpenter and later as a journalist. He is best known for the dramatic poem Saul (1857).

The pieces here are short lyrics and sonnets from his verse drama Jephthah's Daughter (1865); his plays are not included. One of the poets chosen by W. D. Lighthall for Songs of the Great Dominion (London, 1889), an anthology of Canadian verse.