| Show Tom Font M Moores Moore's S Visit to This Recalled Country Recalled Thomas Moores Moore's visit to Niagara and and other parts of Canada In 1501 1 Is recalled d by a n Niagara reader of ot the Toronto Globe 1 I 1 first heard of It it she says when alien visiting the house Moore lived In at Ste. Ste Anne An old French gentleman who took toot us to the house told us that few Canadians seemed to to know that thit Moore had lived in Canada for many months and written a number of poems and songs while here He lie quoted The poor will poor wiil and said saidI I it was written at Niagara The oldhouse old oldhouse ho house o of Martin McLellan who was killed while saving sa the guns May 2 27 1813 now owned by Mr r. r Usher was the house from which the smoke so soo gracefully curled for It It was the only hot house sc whose chimneys chi s 's could be seen from Fort George Modies lo l collected poems contain a fi I group group of his compositions while In hi Anier America cJ passing through the 1110 eastern states tes to Buffalo Niagara falls NIn Niagara nm ara Montreal Quebec and arid Halifax It is evident front froid his poems and his prose introduction that It it was vas not avery a n avery very happy visit though a poem like The Canadian Boat Song Is a worthy wor wor- ti thy fruit of his impressions When he tool tool took ship at Halifax his ell poem l referred t to chill Nova 1 Scotia's unpromising unpromising un un- promising strand and und there are me references references ref ref- to what wha he considered the crudity of the New hew world |
