A Civic Holiday Trip
James McIntyre 1828 (Forres) – 1906
Lines on a civic holiday trip on the Grand Trunk,
to Toronto, August, 1882. Address to Mr. Hodge,
conductor of Caledonian games at Ingersoll.
From Ingersoll, on Canadian Thames,
We come to greet mine host of the St. James,
This being our town's civic holiday ;
Yet we remember twenty-fourth of May,
For then at our Caledonian games
He did loud proclaim the victors' names .
We came in part to contribute
To our town's mechanics' institute,
Who got up this grand excursion
Where each one has his own diversion.
Some did remain at Burlington Bay,
While we to Toronto did wend our way,
And came to see this presentation
To stalwart son of Scottish nation.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | XXX XABBAACCDDBBDD |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 647 |
Words | 116 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 14 |
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