Flint And Feather Collected Verse

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Excerpt from Flint and Feather: Collected Verse I cannot say how deeply it touched me to learn that Pauline Johnson expressed a wish on her death-bed that I, living here in the mother country all these miles away, should write something about her. I was not altogether surprised, however, for her letters to me had long ago shed a golden light upon her peculiar character. She had made herself believe, quiet erroneously, that she was largely indebted to me for her success in the literary world. The letters I had from her glowed with this noble passion: the delusion about her indebtedness to me, in spite of all I could say, never left her. She continued to foster and cherish this delusion. Gratitude indeed was with her not a sentiment merely, as with most of us, but veritable passion. And when we consider how rare a human trait true gratitude is - the one particular characteristic in which the lower animals put us to shame - it can easily be imagined how I was touched to find that this beautiful and grand Canadian girl remained down to the very last moment of her life the impersonation of that most precious of all virtues. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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'Flint and Feather: Collected Verse' by E. Pauline Johnson is an exquisite collection of poetry that showcases the heart and soul of Canada's greatest poet. Johnson's work, born from her experiences of the ancient legends of the Iroquois and the great works of English literature, travels around Canada, and natural scenery, has a timeless quality that still resonates today. Her vivid descriptions of Canadian lakes, rivers, mountains, trees, and fauna capture the Canadian soul's gentle loneliness and exotic fascination with faraway places. With themes of nationalism, nature, and survival, Johnson's poetry is a must-read for anyone looking to immerse themselves in Canadian literature. Here's an excerpt from one of the many poems included in this collection, 'The Cattle Thief': "They were coming across the prairie, they were galloping hard and fast / For the eyes of those desperate riders had sighted their man at last— / Sighted him off to Eastward, where the Cree encampment lay / Where the cottonwoods fringed the river, miles and miles away."