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Low Tide on Grand Pré

Bliss Carman · 1893

Original text in English.

First book by a poet of the Maritimes settled in the United States, an elegy on the tides of the Minas Basin.

Poetry · 23 parts · about 7 000 words · about 30 min of reading

Contents

1. Ouverture1 min
2. LOW TIDE ON GRAND PRÉ1 min
3. WHY1 min
4. THE UNRETURNING1 min
5. A WINDFLOWER1 min
6. IN LYRIC SEASON1 min
7. THE PENSIONERS1 min
8. AT THE VOICE OF A BIRD Consurgent ad vocem volucris1 min
9. WHEN THE GUELDER ROSES BLOOM2 min
10. SEVEN THINGS1 min
11. A SEA CHILD1 min
12. PULVIS ET UMBRA4 min
13. THROUGH THE TWILIGHT1 min
14. CARNATIONS IN WINTER1 min
15. A NORTHERN VIGIL2 min
16. THE EAVESDROPPER1 min
17. IN APPLE TIME1 min
18. WANDERER3 min
19. AFOOT1 min
20. WAYFARING3 min
21. THE END OF THE TRAIL3 min
22. THE VAGABONDS2 min
23. WHITHER1 min

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