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This article is part of a series highlighting Canadian authors from across the alphabet.
Bliss Carman (1861-1929) was a Canadian poet. One of the so-called Confederation Poets, his early work involved writing for Christmas card companies and freelance submissions to magazines. Of Canadian poets who wrote in late Victorian times, Carman had the surest lyric touch and achieved the widest international recognition.
At Faded Page we have collections of his poetry including Far Horizons and Wild Garden. Far Horizons is notable for featuring his reflections on his spiritual and patriotic awakenings. Other items are individual poems such as The Green Book of Bards and A Seamark: A Threnody for Robert Louis Stevenson. Carman also wrote essays such as The Music of Life and The Ghost House. The first compares the essence of music to aspects of human life and in the latter he talks about his own life at a cottage in the Catskill Mountains.
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