| William Wilfred Campbell, comp. The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. 1913. | | | | Guard of the Eastern Gate | | By Emily Pauline Johnson (1861–1913) |
| | | HALIFAX sits on her hills by the sea | |
| In the might of her pride,— | |
| Invincible, terrible, beautiful, she | |
| With a sword at her side. | |
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| To right and to left of her, battlements rear | 5 |
| And fortresses frown; | |
| While she sits on her throne without favour or fear, | |
| With her cannon as crown. | |
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| Coast-guard and sentinel, watch of the weal | |
| Of a nation she keeps; | 10 |
| But her hand is encased in a gauntlet of steel, | |
| And her thunder but sleeps. | | | | |
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