Archibald Lampman
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Archibald Lampman, FRSC (17 November 1861 – 10 February 1899) was a Canadian poet. He was born at Morpeth, Ontario, a village near Chatham. Lampman attended Trinity College (now part of the University of Toronto). Image File history File links ArchibaldLampman23. ... Image File history File links ArchibaldLampman23. ... The Royal Society of Canada, (French: La Société royale du Canada) The Canadian Academy of the Sciences and Humanities, is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scientists and scholars. ... 17 November is also the name of a Marxist group in Greece, coinciding with the anniversary of the Athens Polytechnic uprising. ... 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link with display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar) // January 1 - Benito Juárez captures Mexico City January 2 - Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia dies and is succeeded by... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... This is a list of poets. ... Morpeth is a community in Southern Ontario, Canada that is between Blenheim and St. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English (de facto) Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 106 24... Nickname: The Maple City & The Classic Car Capital of Canada Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario County none–Single-tier municipality Established 1998 City Mayor Randy Hope Governing body Chatham-Kent Council MPs Bev Shipley (CPC) Dave Van Kesteren (CPC) MPPs Pat Hoy (OLP) Maria Van Bommel (OLP) Area    - City 2... Trinity College main building The University of Trinity College, or simply Trinity College is one of the federated colleges making up the modern University of Toronto (U of T). ... The University of Toronto (U of T) is a coeducational public research university in Toronto, Ontario. ...

In 1883, after a brief and unsuccessful attempt at teaching high school in Orangeville, Ontario, Lampman took an appointment as a low-paid clerk in the Post Office Department, Ottawa, a position he held for the rest of his life. Motto: Template:Unhide = A great place to work if you really want to live Location City Information Established: 1863 Area: 15. ... This article is about the capital city of Canada. ...

Lampman associated with Charles G. D. Roberts, Susanna Moodie, Catherine Parr Traill, Duncan Campbell Scott, and William Wilfred Campbell. He was one of the Confederation Poets and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1895. Lampman died in Ottawa at the age of 37. Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts (January 10, 1860 - November 26, Canadian writer and poet, considered one of the most important figures in the development of a national Canadian literature. ... Susanna Moodie, née Strickland (6 December 1803 – 8 April 1885) was a British author who wrote about her experiences as a settler in Canada. ... Catharine Parr Traill (née Strickland) (January 9, 1802 - August 29, 1899) was a British author who wrote about life as a settler in Canada. ... Dr. Duncan Campbell Scott Source: Library and Archives Canada, PA-165842 Duncan Campbell Scott (August 2, 1862-December 19, 1947) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. ... William Wilfred Campbell (1 June 1858 - 1 January 1918) was a Canadian poet Born in Newmarket, Canada West (not Berlin, present-day Kitchener, Ontario as is often recorded), the son of a clergyman, Campbell attended high school in Owen Sound. ... The Royal Society of Canada, (French: La Société royale du Canada) The Canadian Academy of the Sciences and Humanities, is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scientists and scholars. ...

He is widely regarded as Canada's finest 19th century English language poet. Lampman's poetry concerns Canada's rural life and the wonders of nature and can be compared to British romantic and nature poetry contemporary to his life. Lampman's ability to write detailed, meaningful, poems that depicted traditional Canadian and Native American life was one of his greatest triumphs as a poet and probably one of the reasons why his work has had lasting import in the Canadian canon. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

An annual literary prize, the Archibald Lampman Award, is named in Lampman's honour, as is the town of Lampman, Saskatchewan, small town of approximately 730 people, situated close to the City of Estevan. The Archibald Lampman Award is an annual Canadian literary award, presented by the literary magazine Arc to the years best work of poetry by a writer living in the National Capital Region. ... Motto: Multis E Gentibus Vires (Latin: From many peoples strength) Official languages English Flower Western Red Lily Tree Paper Birch Bird Sharp-tailed Grouse Capital Regina Largest city Saskatoon Lieutenant-Governor Gordon Barnhart Premier Lorne Calvert (NDP) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 14 6 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of... Estevans flag Estevan is the eighth-largest city in Saskatchewan. ...

The Canadian singer/songwriter Loreena McKennitt adapted Lampman's poem "Snow" as a song, writing original music while keeping as the lyrics the poem verbatim. This adaptation appears on McKennitt's album To Drive the Cold Winter Away (1987) and also in a different version on her EP, A Winter Garden: Five Songs for the Season (1995). Loreena McKennitt live on stage Loreena McKennitt, C.M., (b. ... To Drive the Cold Winter Away is Loreena McKennitts second album, released in 1987. ...

Bibliography

• Among the Millett, and Other Poems. – Ottawa : Durie, 1888.
• Lyrics of Earth. – Boston : Copeland & Day, 1895.
• Alcyone. – Ottawa : Ogilvy, 1899.
• The Poems of Archibald Lampman, edited by Duncan Campbell Scott. – Toronto : Morang, 1900.
• Lyrics of Earth : Sonnets and Ballads, edited by Duncan Campbell Scott. – Toronto : Musson, 1925.
• At the Long Sault and Other New Poems, edited by Duncan Campbell Scott and E.K. Brown. – Toronto : Ryerson, 1943.
• Selected Poems of Archibald Lampman, edited by Duncan Campbell Scott. – Toronto : Ryerson, 1947.
• Lampman’s Kate : Late Love Poems of Archibald Lampman, edited by Margaret Coulby Whitridge. – Ottawa : Borealis, 1975.
• Selected Prose of Archibald Lampman, edited by Barrie Davies. – Ottawa : Tecumseh, 1975.
• Lampman’s Sonnets : The Complete Sonnets of Archibald Lampman, edited by Margaret Coulby Whitridge. – Ottawa : Borealis, 1976.
• Selected Poetry of Archibald Lampman, edited by Michael Gnarowski. – Ottawa : Tecumseh, 1990

External link

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• [Website for the town of Lampman, Saskatchewan
• Works by Archibald Lampman at Project Gutenberg