This page lists a selection of shorter works (poems, short stories, and miscellaneous pieces) that L.M. Montgomery published in 1916. All items are signed “L.M. Montgomery,” unless stated otherwise.
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Related pages: Alternate Signatures | Short Stories by Title | Short Stories by Date | Poems by Title | Poems by Date | Miscellaneous Pieces by Title | Miscellaneous Pieces by Date | Periodicals | Anthologies
Summary
Poems (5)
Forever | The Sea to the Shore | The Poet | The Mother | To One Hated
Miscellaneous Pieces (5)
What Are the Greatest Books in the English Language? (round table)
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What Are the Greatest Books in the English Language? (round table)
Bookseller and Stationer (Toronto), January 1916, 31–32. Scrapbook of Reviews, 88 (Montgomery’s letter only).
Synopsis: Montgomery’s contribution to this round table appears alongside those of five fellow Canadian authors who enjoyed considerable popularity at this time: Arthur Stringer (1874–1950), Stephen Leacock (1869–1944), Agnes C. Laut (1871–1936), Emily Murphy (1868–1933), and Robert J.C. Stead (1880–1959).
Excerpted: The L.M. Montgomery Reader, Volume 1: A Life in Print, 151–53.
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Forever (poem)
The Canadian Magazine (Toronto), August 1916, 315.
First Line: With you I shall always be
Collected: The Watchman and Other Poems, 157 (expanded version). A World of Songs: Selected Poems, 1894–1921, 93 (expanded version).
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The Sea to the Shore (poem)
The Watchman and Other Poems, 37–38.
First Line: Lo, I have loved thee long, long have I yearned and entreated!
Collected: A World of Songs: Selected Poems, 1894–1921, 71.
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The Poet (poem)
The Watchman and Other Poems, 148–49.
First Line: There was strength in him and the weak won freely from it
Collected: A World of Songs: Selected Poems, 1894–1921, 99.
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The Mother (poem)
The Watchman and Other Poems, 150–51.
First Line: Here I lean over you, small son, sleeping
Collected: A World of Songs: Selected Poems, 1894–1921, 43–44.
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To One Hated (poem)
The Watchman and Other Poems, 152.
First Line: Had it been when I came to the valley where the paths parted asunder
Collected: A World of Songs: Selected Poems, 1894–1921, 94
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This page published on 25 November 2023; last updated on 24 March 2024.