Frederick George Scott
Who is Frederick George Scott
Frederick George Scott (7 April 1861 – 19 January 1944) was for the first part of his life an Anglican priest and a Canadian poet to whom the Canadian literary establishment gave the epithet "Poet of the Laurentians." He was associated with Canada's Confederation Poets, and wrote 13 books of Christian and patriotic poetry, often using the natural world to convey deeper spiritual meaning.
He is better known for the latter part of his life. In his fifties, Scott became a chaplain in the Canadian Expeditionary Force sent to France during the First World War. Despite his insistance on remaining close to the front line to give assistance to the wounded, he survived many close calls until he was seriously wounded only weeks before the Armistice. He was subsequently decorated for bra...
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Frederick George Scott Poems
- Words
WORDS are but passing symbols of the deep
Crying unto deep in individual souls.
And men are words on the great voice that rolls
Through Nature, since that morn when from their sleep
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- The Storm
O GRIP the earth, ye forest trees,
Grip well the earth to-night,
The Storm-God rides across the seas
To greet the morning light.
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- In The Winter Woods
WINTER forests mutely standing
Naked on your bed of snow,
Wide your knotted arms expanding
To the biting winds that blow,
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- Dawn
The immortal spirit hath no bars
To circumscribe its dwelling place;
My soul hath pastured with the stars
Upon the meadow-lands of space.
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- Across The Sea
THE confines of our being are not these
White limbs of sense. Our true selves broader are
And higher than the path of furthest star.
Beyond the reach of sense, each hears and sees
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- Leeannhowlettvo: old letters : frederick george scott : free download, borrow, and streaming : internet archive
- Edoardofanfani: i appreciate george gilbert scott, i tolerate william butterfield, i quite like augustus pugin and admire george edmund street, i like ninian comper, i love george frederick bodley. however, the greatest gothic revival architect of all time will always remain ralph adams cram.
- Claybert32: the 17-inch shells used by germans during wwi left massive craters in the ground. witnesses to the aftermath of these shells were shocked by the effects.
check out this quick story from the great war as i saw it by canadian chaplain, frederick george scott:
- Davidcranmerun1: british stockbroker father, frederick young dalziel (1868–1960). hoffman was a descendant of george washington's brother, as well as a cousin of francis scott key. she was also a distant cousin of writer and socialite pauline de rothschild (née potter; 1908–1976).
her paternal
- Torailwaymuseum: the city naturally wanted every major street to have a subway, while the railways balked at the cost of building so many. when agreement was finally reached in 1924, proposed subways at scott, church, george, frederick, princess and trinity streets went unbuilt. 3/3
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