Archibald Lampman - Ottawa, Ontario
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This plaque, in tribute to Archibald Lampman and other Canadian poets, is located in McCarthy Park, in Ottawa. Cette plaque, en hommage à Archibald Lampman et a d'autres poètes canadiens, est située dans le parc McCarthy, à Ottawa.
Waymark Code: WM10JMT
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/16/2019
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Inscription on the plaque - Inscription sur la plaque:
Archibald Lampman (1861 - 1899)
Winter Uplands
The frost that stings like fire upon my cheek,
The loneliness of this forsaken ground,
The long white drift upon whose powdered peak
I sit in the great silence as one bound;
The rippled sheet of snow where the wind blew
Across the open fields for miles ahead;
The far-off city towered and roofed in blue
A tender line upon the western red;
The stars that singly, then in flocks appear,
Like jets of silver from the violet dome,
So wonderful, so many and so near,
And then the golden moon to light me home--
The crunching snowshoes and the stinging air,
And silence, frost, and beauty everywhere.
The poet's Pathway honours Canada's poets, especially Ottawa's historic poets, and the lands that inspired them. It memorializes the literary Heritage of the Confederation poets and francophone poets of the time –– the earliest voices of our distinctive Canadian tradition.
Le parcours des poètes rend hommage aux poètes du Canada, en particulier à ceux qui ont marqué l’histoire d’Ottawa, et aux paysages qui les ont inspirés. Il commémore l’héritage littéraire des « Poètes de la Confédération » et des poètes francophones de la même période — les premières voix distinctes de la tradition canadienne.
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