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With a glance at Sir John A. Macdonald and Blake, the two living leaders, 1884.
Joseph Howe, none higher stood than thou, / Thou wert a man with lofty brow;
D'Arcy McGee, so brilliant and free, / From green isle you came o'er the sea.
George Cartier to the French ever dear, / So high you stood without a peer;
John Sandfield14 for long you did build / Power under economy's shield.
George Brown, thou man of renown, / Confederation you did crown;
You now are all free from the strife / The wrangle and jangle of political life.
But if a glance at this world you take / You will there see John A. and Blake, / But Sir John the greatest power doth wield, / Our Canadian Beaconsfield.