The Skylark's Message

Frederick George Scott 1861 (Montreal, Quebec) – 1944 (Quebec City, Quebec)



SWEET little upturned faces,
    Poor little hands and feet,
Little eyes that are careworn and anxious
    From hunger and want in the street,
Hear ye that skylark singing
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    Like an angel far away?
'Tis bringing to you a message
    From the Golden Gates of day.
Ah, little know ye of the meadows,
    Poor little blistered feet,
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Down in the smoke of the city,
    Down in the noise of the street!
But it sings of a better country,
    Where tired little hearts can rest;
Of a sun that shines for ever,
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    And the love of a Father's breast.
O poor little weary spirits,
    I would that ye knew its song,
For the world is very heartless,
    And your journey may be long;
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And ye need such heavenly music
    To cheer you in the night,
Little hearts that are now so noble,
    Little souls that are now so white.
I would that ye heard it always,
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    That sweet bird's voice within,
When the heart is sad and lonely
    In the long, long struggle with sin;
Till a rest comes out of the sunset
    For the labouring hands and feet,
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And a silence has fallen for ever
    On the noise and the dust of the street.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Stanza Lengths 38

Frederick George Scott

Frederick George Scott was a Canadian poet and author, known as the Poet of the Laurentians. He is sometimes associated with Canada's Confederation Poets, a group that included Charles G. D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman, and Duncan Campbell Scott. Scott published 13 books of Christian and patriotic poetry. Scott was a British imperialist who wrote many hymns to the British Empire—eulogizing his country's roles in the Boer Wars and World War I. Many of his poems use the natural world symbolically to convey deeper spiritual meaning. Frederick George Scott was the father of poet F. R. Scott. more…

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