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CANADIAN SINGERS AND THEIR SONGS Reality

These deathless wonders shame the Spanish blade: Fury of Nero, hate of Sabine maid, Terror of Olaf at the Christian font, Love of Leander in the Hellespont.

Men and machines are but a winter breath, Seen for a moment, then dissolved by death. Passions of men, the visions men may see Troop to the confines of Eternity.

—Jesse Edgar Middleton. 99