| William Wilfred Campbell, comp. The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. 1913. | | | | Swallows | | By Marjorie L. C. Pickthall (1883–1922) |
| | | O LITTLE hearts, beat home, beat home, | |
| Here is no place to rest. | |
| Night darkens on the falling foam | |
| And on the fading west. | |
| O little wings, beat home, beat home. | 5 |
| Love may no longer roam. | |
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| O, Love has touched the fields of wheat | |
| And Love has crowned the corn, | |
| And we must follow Love’s white feet | |
| Through all the ways of morn. | 10 |
| Through all the silver roads of air | |
| We pass and have no care. | |
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| The silver roads of Love are wide, | |
| O winds that turn, O stars that guide, | |
| Sweet are the ways that Love hath trod | 15 |
| Through the clear skies that reach to God. | |
| But in the cliff-grass Love builds deep | |
| A place where wandering wings may sleep. | | | | |
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