The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon

The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon

The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon When, in after ages, the literature of Canada comes to be...
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Author: Leprohon, Mrs. (Rosanna Eleanor),1832?-1879
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The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon

The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon

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The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon

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Author: Leprohon, Mrs. (Rosanna Eleanor),1832?-1879
Format: eBook
Language: English

The Poetical Works of Mrs. Leprohon

When, in after ages, the literature of Canada comes to be written, it is to be hoped that among the mighty sons and daughters of genius now unknown, or as yet unborn, some room will be kept for the brave and loving pioneers who gave the people of their best, and sang the songs of duty and patriotism and hope, ere life in our young land had ceased to be a struggle. With the growth of wealth and the spread of prosperity, will come leisure for more than material interests; and thus, in course of time, the author who has something to say will find an audience, prepared by culture and not too busy to listen to it. And, as supply is generally commensurate with demand, there will then be a literary class of corresponding merit. At least, something like this has been the rule in the progress of nations. But if those who come after, thus favored by circumstances, surpass their predecessors in literary skill or power, not less deserving are the latter who, with little prospect of reward, bore the burden and the heat of the day. This early stage in a nations literature has, indeed, an interest and a value of its own, which only meet with due appreciation from a judicious and grateful posterity. If it has not the rich, warm splendor of the later morning, it has the welcome promise of the dawn, and a tender beauty of its own. In this band of pioneers Mrs. Leprohon must be conceded a distinguished place. None of them has employed rare gifts of head and heart to better purpose; none of them had a wider range of sympathy; none of them did more willing service, with the purest motives, in all good causes. And, it may be added, none of them was more happy in attaining, during life, the admiration and friendship of a large though select circle of every creed and race among her compatriots. It is in order to place in the hands of those who thus loved and honored her a memorial of what she was at her best, intellectually and morally, that this little volume has been prepared. It contains the emotional record of a blameless and beautiful life, the outcome of a mind that thought no evil of any one, but overflowed with loving kindness to all. Before pointing out, however, what we consider the salient qualities in Mrs. Leprohons poetry, it may be well to give our readers a brief sketch of her too short career. Rosanna Eleanor Mullins was born in the city of Montreal in the year 1832. It is almost unnecessary to state that she was educated at the Convent of the Congregation of Notre Dame, so numerous are her affectionate tributes to the memories of dear friends associated with that institution. Long before her education was completed, she had given evidence of no common literary ability. She was, indeed, only fourteen years old when she made her earliest essays in verse and prose. Before she had bid adieu to the years and scenes of girlhood, she had already won a reputation as a writer of considerable promise, and as long as Mr. John Lovell conducted the Literary Garland, Miss Mullins was one of his leading contributors. She continued to write for that excellent magazine until lack of financial success compelled its enterprising proprietor to suspend its publication. It was some time before another such opportunity was given to the Canadian votaries of the muses of reaching the cultivated public. In the meanwhile, however, the subject of our sketchwho had, in 1851, become the wife of Dr. J. L. Leprohon, a member of one of the most distinguished Canadian familieswas far from being idle. Some of her productions she sent to the Boston Pilot, the faithful representative in the United States of the land and the creed to which Mrs. Leprohon was proud to belong. She was also a frequent and welcome contributor to several of the Montreal journals. It is a pleasing evidence of her gentle thoughtfulness for a class which many persons in her position regard with indifference that she wrote, year after year, the News-boys Address for the True Witness, the Daily News and other newspapers. One of her most pathetic poems, The Death of the Pauper Child may also be mentioned as a striking instance of that sweet charity which comprehended in its sisterly range the poor, the desolate and the suffering. The Journal of Education, edited by the Hon. P. J. O. Chauveau, himself an honor to Canadian Literature; the Canadian Illustrated News, edited by Mr. John Lesperance, distinguished both as a poet and a novelist; the Saturday Reader, the Hearthstone, and other periodicals, both in Canada and elsewhere, were always glad to number Mrs. Leprohons productions among their most attractive features. She had always a ready pen, the result of a full heart and far-reaching sympathies, and, therefore, was frequently asked to write on subjects of current interest. Among her occasional poems; several of which are in this volume, may be mentioned the touching stanzas on the Monument to the Irish Emigrants, those on the Old Towers at the Priests Farm, those on the renewal of her vows by the Lady Abbess of the Congregation of Notre Dame, the poem on the Recollet Church, and the address To the Soldiers of Pius The Ninth. One of her most important efforts of this kind was her translation of the Cantata composed by M. Semp on the occasion of the visit of the Prince of Wales to Canada in 1860. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 6844
Author: Leprohon, Mrs. (Rosanna Eleanor)
Release Date: Nov 1, 2004
Format: eBook
Language: English

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