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 "id": "james-mcintyre/english-names-on-canadian-thames",
 "title": "English Names on Canadian Thames",
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 "poet": "James McIntyre",
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 "language": "en",
 "book": "Poems of James McIntyre",
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  "year": 1889,
  "venue": "Poems of James McIntyre (1889)",
  "note": "First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established.",
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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    "text": "England has given us the names",
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   {
    "text": "To adorn Canadian Thames,",
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   {
    "text": "And charms to them she has lent",
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   {
    "text": "In Oxford, Middlesex and Kent,",
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   {
    "text": "She Essex kisseth in her mouth,",
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   {
    "text": "And Scottish names, one north, one south,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And London now it justly claims",
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   },
   {
    "text": "’Tis capital of vale of Thames,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And her strong castellated tower",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Doth on the river frowning lower,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And Chatham is the river’s port,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "There slaves for freedom did resort,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And they did industrious toil,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And now many own the soil,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Stratford now shall be our theme,",
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   {
    "text": "On Avon tributary stream,",
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    "text": "And its clear waters it doth launch",
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   {
    "text": "Into the Thames northern branch,",
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   {
    "text": "Near that substantial stone town",
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   {
    "text": "St. Mary’s with mills of renown,",
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   {
    "text": "Westward it winds past each town,",
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   {
    "text": "Growing broader as it flows down,",
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   {
    "text": "Onward it glides never weary,",
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   {
    "text": "Meandering so soft and cheery.",
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   {
    "text": "The sunbeam on the waters glance,",
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   {
    "text": "Skipping about in silvery dance,",
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   {
    "text": "From morn till eve the cattle feed",
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   {
    "text": "’Neath lofty elms along the mead.",
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   {
    "text": "And on its banks in warrior pride",
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   {
    "text": "The brave Tecumseh fought and died,",
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   {
    "text": "And it has now historic claims",
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   {
    "text": "The famous battle of the Thames.",
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   {
    "text": "Now soon the waters meet and pair",
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   {
    "text": "With the wavelets of St. Clair,",
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   {
    "text": "As maids when wed do lose their names,",
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   {
    "text": "No longer it is called the Thames.",
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   {
    "text": "Rejoicing on its way it smiles,",
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   {
    "text": "Kissing the shores of Thousand Isles,",
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   {
    "text": "Mingling with St. Lawrence motion,",
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   {
    "text": "It soon is blended with the ocean.",
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