Classic Children's Stories Collection
Aug 11, 2026 · 44 min · 9 segments
"In a Belgian Garden and Other Poems" by Frank Oliver Call invites listeners into a world of lyrical beauty, exploring themes of nature, reflection, and the simple joys found in a garden. This…
Introduction.
Most of the poems contained in this collection are of recent date, though their author, who is at present Professor of Modern Languages at Bishop's College, Quebec, has written verse from his childhood.
He is the first Canadian writer to be included in this series, and is as affectionately loyal to the motherland as to his native country, as may be gathered from his Song of the Homeland.
His verse has already earned a considerable reputation in Canada, in whose press much of it has appeared.
Educated at Stanstead College, he took his degree at the university where he now lectures, and has also studied in Paris, Marburg, and Switzerland.
Several of his poems are concerned with the sorrow and the ravished beauty of Belgium, a circumstance not surprising as he has traveled much in that country, as well as in France, Switzerland, and Italy.
A lover of country life and a disciple of the cult of the open road, he revels in the joys of camping and canoeing, as one of his poems, Hidden Treasure, bears witness.
In this little book, and more especially in the Song of the Homeland, he shows us the maple leaf entwined strongly as ever with the English rose of the mother country.
S. Gertrude Ford.
End of introduction.
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Introduction.
Most of the poems contained in this collection are of recent date, though their author, who is at present Professor of Modern Languages at Bishop's College, Quebec, has written verse from his childhood.
He is the first Canadian writer to be included in this series, and is as affectionately loyal to the motherland as to his native country, as may be gathered from his Song of the Homeland.
His verse has already earned a considerable reputation in Canada, in whose press much of it has appeared.
Educated at Stanstead College, he took his degree at the university where he now lectures, and has also studied in Paris, Marburg, and Switzerland.
Several of his poems are concerned with the sorrow and the ravished beauty of Belgium, a circumstance not surprising as he has traveled much in that country, as well as in France, Switzerland, and Italy.
A lover of country life and a disciple of the cult of the open road, he revels in the joys of camping and canoeing, as one of his poems, Hidden Treasure, bears witness.
In this little book, and more especially in the Song of the Homeland, he shows us the maple leaf entwined strongly as ever with the English rose of the mother country.
S. Gertrude Ford.
End of introduction.
This recording is in the public domain.
