| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| The Loons |
| | | Archibald Lampman (1861–99) |
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| ONCE ye were happy, once by many a shore, | |
| Wherever Glooscap’s gentle feet might stray, | |
| Lulled by his presence like a dream, ye lay | |
| Floating at rest; but that was long of yore. | |
| He was too good for earthly men; he bore | 5 |
| Their bitter deeds for many a patient day, | |
| And then at last he took his unseen way. | |
| He was your friend, and ye might rest no more: | |
| And now, though many hundred altering years | |
| Have passed, among the desolate northern meres | 10 |
| Still must ye search and wander querulously, | |
| Crying for Glooscap, still bemoan the light | |
| With weird entreaties, and in agony | |
| With awful laughter pierce the lonely night. | |
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