Songs from Vagabondia

by Bliss Carman, Richard Hovey, Tom B. Meteyard (Illustrator)

A collection of beautiful poems by the preeminent Canadian poet; Carman, and the American composer, poet and artist; Hovey. In his time, Bliss Carman was arguably Canada's best known poet, and was dubbed by some the "unofficial poet laureate of Canada."

Genres: Poetry

66 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1894

About the author

Bliss Carman, FRSC, was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame.

Reviews

[Jane · Rating 2 out of 5]

A forgotten poet with a great name, Bliss Carman. A Harvard-educated Canadian, he was successful enough to make a good living on his writing alone - but who reads him now? Maybe Canadian schoolchildren. John Masefield and Robert Louis Stevenson, who both wrote in the same style, are much more worth reading. But . . . but - I got sucked in by another fabulous artist-designed book cover, this one by Thomas Buford Meteyard. Three men in a black circle on dove gray paper. Very Aubrey Beardsley.

[Miss Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Initially read some of his poems for a high school literature class and tracked down this to read more.

[Keith · Rating 3 out of 5]

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