By the Aurelian Wall, and Other Elegies

Book excerpt: This book is a collection of elegiac poems written by Bliss Carman. He was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. In his later years, he was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate. In this volume of work, more than a dozen of his poems are featured, including the following: 'To Raphael', 'Seven Wind Songs', 'The White Gull', 'A Seamark', and 'A Word of the Water'.