Transformation Scene

James McIntyre (1828?–1906) · Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames · 1884

As westward we of late did rove
We beheld in the maple grove
An old church now owned by Peter;
In town there is no house looks neater,
For those bay windows do look sweeter
Than anything in prose or meter.

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First published in Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884). First located printing is this volume; an earlier periodical printing has not been established. [1]

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James McIntyre (1828?–1906). “Transformation Scene.” First published in Musings on the Banks of Canadian Thames (1884). Text: Poem Index, https://poemindex.org/james-mcintyre/transformation-scene/. Append #L14 to cite line 14, or #L4-L9 for lines 4–9.

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