Laurentian Lure
All along the shadowed lanes the Lilacs are in bloom
Up among the orchard trees, the birds are singing sweet,
All the earth has wakened up, roused from winter’s gloom,
O, the feel of the homeland soil once more beneath my feet.
White, the roads are leading on, beckoning to the hills,
Lying far and shadowless, iron-like and low,
All their beauty stirring me while their wonder fills
My heart with the old desire again and urges me to go.
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Arthur S. Bourinot (1893-1969)
from Lyrics from the Hills, 1923
[Poem is in the public domain in Canada and the United States]
Arthur S. Bourinot biography
Andrew Wilkie Kilgour (1868-1930), The Spring Thaw, Laurentians. Wikimedia Commons.
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