Who is E. J. Pratt

Edwin John Dove Pratt (February 4, 1882 – April 26, 1964), who published as E. J. Pratt, was "the leading Canadian poet of his time." He was a Canadian poet from Newfoundland who lived most of his life in Toronto, Ontario. A three-time winner of the country's Governor General's Award for poetry, he has been called "the foremost Canadian poet of the first half of the century."

Early life

EJ Pratt was born Edwin John Dove Pratt in Western Bay, Newfoundland, on February 4, 1882. He was brought up in a variety of Newfoundland communities as his father John Pratt was posted around the colony as a Methodist minister. John Pratt was originally a lead miner from Old Gang mines in Gunnerside - a village in North Yorkshire, England. In the 1850s he became a Methodist pas...
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E. J. Pratt Poems

• The Witches' Brew
  Perched on a dead volcanic pile,
  Now charted as a submerged peak,
  Near to a moon-washed coral isle,
  A hundred leagues from Mozambique,...
• The Toll Of The Bells
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  We gave them at the harbour every token-
  The ritual of the guns, and at the mast...
• The Supreme Test
  Now it was clear to every Shade
  That some great wonder was before them,
  As Tom upon the palisade
  Emptied, as fast as Lulu bore them,...
• The Shark
  He seemed to know the harbour,
  So leisurely he swam;
  His fin,
  Like a piece of sheet-iron,...
• The Sea-cat
  It's not for us to understand
  How life on earth began to be,
  How forms that lived within the sea
  Should leave the water for the land;...

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