Who is Charles G. D. Roberts

Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts (January 10, 1860 – November 26, 1943) was a Canadian poet and prose writer. He was one of the first Canadian authors to be internationally known. He published various works on Canadian exploration and natural history, verse, travel books, and fiction."

He continued to be a well-known "man of letters" until his death.Besides his own body of work, Roberts has also been called the "Father of Canadian Poetry" because he served as an inspiration and a source of assistance for other Canadian poets of his time.Roberts, his cousin Bliss Carman, Archibald Lampman and Duncan Campbell Scott are known as the Confederation Poets. He also inspired a whole nationalist school of late 19th-century poets.

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Charles G. D. Roberts Poems

• Grey Rocks, And Greyer Sea
  Grey rocks, and greyer sea,
  And surf along the shore-
  And in my heart a name
  My lips shall speak no more....
• The Recessional
  Now along the solemn heights
  Fade the Autumn's altar-lights;
  Down the great earth's glimmering chancel
  Glide the days and nights....

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• Webulite: around the campfire, by sir charles g. d. roberts 
• Charles54911288: said life to art—"i love thee best not when i find in thee my very face and form, expressed with dull fidelity, but when in thee my craving eyes behold continually the mystery of my memories and all i long to be" - sir charles g.d. roberts photo: kyoto, japan. january 2023
• Mtkelly62136: "red fox" by sir charles g. d. roberts, good novel for adolescents or adults, still available. it is about a life, a true life.
• Toiletguru: poet and author charles g.d. roberts, born otd in 1860, was one of the first canadian authors to be internationally known
• Peterdamianent1: the fortress charles d g roberts while raves the midnight storm, and roars the rain upon the windy roof, heart held to heart and all the world aloof, we laugh secure and warm. this chamber of our bliss might seem a fortress by a haunted main,...

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