Bliss Carman
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Bliss Carman (April 15, 1861 – June 8, 1929) was a preeminent Canadian poet. Born William Bliss Carman, he published under his mother's surname, Bliss.
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- Here's to the day when it is May
And care as light as a feather,
When your little shoes and my big boots
Go tramping over the heather.- A Toast, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- There paused to shut the door
A fellow called the Wind,
With mystery before,
And reticence behind.- At the Granite Gate, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- The glad indomitable sea,
The strong white sun.- A Sea Child, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
