Carole Gerson (Canadian Poetry From the Beginnings Through the First World War [Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1994]: 112) notes that Phillips emigrated from Liverpool to Canada in 1865 and worked as a journalist, rising to the position of President, Ottawa Press Gallery, by 1896. Biographical information Given name: John Arthur Family name: Phillips Birth date: 1842 Death date: 1907
the wife
Living, I had no might
To make you hear,
Now, in the inmost night,
I am so near
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Now, in the inmost night,
I am so near
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the factory girl
She wasn't the least bit pretty,
And only the least bit gay;
And she walked with a firm el...[read poem]
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And only the least bit gay;
And she walked with a firm el...
song
I shall not go with pain
Whether you hold me, whether you forget
My little loss and my imm...[read poem]
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Whether you hold me, whether you forget
My little loss and my imm...
the lamp of poor souls
Above my head the shields are stained with rust,
The wind has taken his spoil, the moth his par...[read poem]
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daisy time
See, the grass is full of stars,
Fallen in their brightness;
Hearts they have of shining g...[read poem]
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Fallen in their brightness;
Hearts they have of shining g...
a saxon epitaph
The earth builds on the earth
Castles and towers;
The earth saith of the earth:...[read poem]
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Castles and towers;
The earth saith of the earth:...
marching men
Under the level winter sky
I saw a thousand Christs go by.
They sang an idle song and free...[read poem]
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I saw a thousand Christs go by.
They sang an idle song and free...
stars
Now in the West the slender moon lies low,
And now Orion glimmers through the trees,
Clear...[read poem]
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And now Orion glimmers through the trees,
Clear...
exile
I chose the place where I would rest
When death should come to claim me,
With the red-rose...[read poem]
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When death should come to claim me,
With the red-rose...
finis
Give me a few more hours to pass
With the mellow flower of the elm-bough falling,
And then...[read poem]
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With the mellow flower of the elm-bough falling,
And then...
kwannon
I am the ancient one, the many-handed,
The merciful am I.
Here where the black pine bends ...[read poem]
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The merciful am I.
Here where the black pine bends ...
thoughts
I gave my thoughts a golden peach,
A silver citron tree;
They clustered dumbly out of reac...[read poem]
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A silver citron tree;
They clustered dumbly out of reac...
vision
I have not walked on common ground,
Nor drunk of earthly streams;
A shining figure, mailed...[read poem]
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Nor drunk of earthly streams;
A shining figure, mailed...
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