English Names On Canadian Thames

England hath given us the names To adorn Canadian Thames, And charms to them she hath lent, In Oxford, Middlesex and Kent. She Essex kisseth in her mouth, And Scottish names, one north, one south ; And London now she justly claims She's capital of vale of Thames, And her strong castellated tower . Doth on the river frowning lower ; And Chatham is the river's port, There slaves for freedom did resort, And they did industrious toil And now many own the soil. Stratford, now, shall be our theme, On Avon, tributary stream, And its clear waters it doth launch Into the Thames, northern branch. Near that substantial stone town, St. Mary's, with mills of renown. Some imagine the Thames is too insignificant a stream to be sung in verse.' Distance lends enchantment to the view. and they fancy the old Scottish rivers are more worthy of song ; but many of them are polluted of late years with vile odors from factories ; and, as the county of Oxford is agreeably diversified with hills and dales, the clear, sparkling stream, flowing over a pebbly bottom, is indeed 'a thing of beauty and a joy forever.'