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TO CHARLEY by GEORGE FREDERICK CAMERON

First Line: HAST THOU THE POET-GIFT? THOU HAST
Last Line: A SHERIDAN—WITHOUT HIS SHAMES!
Subject(s): BROTHERS; CANADA; EPIGRAM (AS LITERARY FORM); HONOR; POETRY & POETS; HALF-BROTHERS; CANADIANS;

Hast thou the poet-gift? Thou hast,
O golden-tongued and hearted Greek!
To find thy prototype, I seek
Far down along the shadowy Past,
Where half-gods and whole poets speak:

Wit, song, and eloquence divine—
Where are they in the list of names?
I halt at his of many fames,
And boldly call thee, brother mine,
A Sheridan—without his shames!



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