| William Wilfred Campbell, comp. The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. 1913. | | | | The Loyalists | | By Sarah Anne Curzon (1833–1898) |
| | | YE, who with your blood and sweat | |
| Watered the furrows of this land,— | |
| See where upon a nation’s brow, | |
| In honour’s front, ye proudly stand! | |
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| Who for her pride abased your own, | 5 |
| And gladly on her altar laid | |
| All bounty of the older world, | |
| All memories that your glory made, | |
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| And to her service bowed your strength, | |
| Took labour for your shield and crest; | 10 |
| See where upon a nation’s brow, | |
| Her diadem, ye proudly rest! | | | | |
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