One day while passing ’long the road + 

On a small book we almost trod, + 

Its leaves were scattered o’er the ground, + 

We picked them up and when we found + 

The author’s name, it did inspire + 

Us with a very strong desire + 

To read the little volume through, + 

For most of it to us was new. + 

He doth sing of land of heather + 

And Canadian scenes together, + 

He did adore Niagara’s roar + 

Where mighty flood o’er fall doth pour. + 

But poets lives are often brief + 

And he had his full share of grief, + 

Which to his life did gloom impart, + 

But he bore up with his brave heart. + 