Departed Statesmen

Lines on our departed Canadian Statesmen, with a glance at our two living leaders. Joseph Howe, none higher stood than thou, Thou wert a man with lofty brow ; D'Arcey McGee, so brillant and free, From Green Isle you came, 'oer the sea. George Cartier, to the French ever dear, So high you stood without a peer ; John Sandfield, * for long you did build Power under economy's shield. George Brown, thou man of renown, Confederation you did crown ; You now are all free from the strife, The wrangle and jangle of political life. But if a glance at this world you take, You will there see John A. and Blake ; But Sir John, the greatest power doth wield, Our Canadian Beaconsfield.