| William Wilfred Campbell, comp. The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. 1913. | | | | Easter Island | | By Frederick George Scott (1861–1944) |
| | | THERE lies a lone isle in the tropic seas,— | |
| A mountain isle, with beaches shining white, | |
| Where soft stars smile upon its sleep by night, | |
| And every noonday fans it with a breeze. | |
| Here on a cliff, carved upward from the knees, | 5 |
| Three uncouth statues of gigantic height, | |
| Upon whose brows the circling sea-birds light, | |
| Stare out to ocean over the tall trees. | |
| |
| For ever gaze they at the sea and sky, | |
| For ever hear the thunder of the main, | 10 |
| For ever watch the ages die away; | |
| And ever round them rings the phantom cry | |
| Of some lost race that died in human pain, | |
| Looking toward heaven, yet seeing no more than they. | | | | |
|
|
