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William Wye Smith

1827–1917


William Wye Smith (1827–1917) was a Scottish-born Canadian journalist and poet who wrote in English and in Scots, and later published a translation of the New Testament into Scots.

His Poems appeared in 1888. One of the poets chosen by W. D. Lighthall for Songs of the Great Dominion (London, 1889), an anthology of Canadian verse.

  1. The Canadians on the Nile
  2. Here's to the Land
  3. The Second Concession of Deer

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