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Charles Mair

1838–1927


Charles Mair (1838–1927) was a Canadian poet and public figure, born in Lanark, Upper Canada, who lived for many years on the western frontier.

He published Dreamland, and Other Poems (1868) and the verse drama Tecumseh (1886); only his lyric and narrative poems are included here. One of the poets chosen by W. D. Lighthall for Songs of the Great Dominion (London, 1889), an anthology of Canadian verse.

  1. A Ballad for Brave Women
  2. The Last Bison
  3. The Fire-Flies
  4. The Morning-Land
  5. Innocence
  6. Stanzas from 'To a Morning Cloud'

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