Joseph Howe

Joseph Howe (1804–1873) was a Nova Scotian journalist, politician and champion of responsible government, who served as Premier of Nova Scotia and was long the best-known voice of the province. His poems were gathered after his death in Poems and Essays (1874).

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