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Frederick George Scott

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Also known as Canon Frederick Scott

Canadian poet, chaplain and military man (1861-1944)

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Born
1861
Died
1944
Works
38

Top works

  • Quebec
  • The burden of time
  • Stirring warning from the pulpit regarding nationhood
  • The story of the Canadian Corps, 1914-1934
  • The key of life, a mystery - play

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Quotes

  • Growing to full manhood now,With the care-lines on our brow,We, the youngest of the nations, With no childish lamentations,Weep, as only strong men weep,For the noble hearts that sleep, Pillowed where they fought and bled,The loved and lost, our glorious dead.
  • I saw Time in his workshop carving faces;  Scattered around his tools lay, blunting griefs,  Sharp cares that cut out deeply in reliefsOf light and shade: sorrows that smooth the tracesOf what were smiles.
  • 'Is Sin, then, fair?'  Nay, love, come now,Put back the hair  From his sunny brow;See, here, blood-redAcross his headA brand is set,The word — 'Regret.'
  • 'How slayeth Sin?'First, God is hid,And the heart withinBy its own self chid;Then the maddened brainIs scourged by painTo sin as beforeAnd more and more,For evermore.
  • 'Oh, curses on you hand and head,  Like the rains in this wild weatherThe guilt of blood is swift and dread,Your sister's face is cold and dead,Ye may not part whom God would wed  And love hath knit together.'
  • So often have I met death face to face,His eyes now wear the welcome of a friend's.

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