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Having predicted the building of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, in a poem I published in August, 1858, I felt proud to see the wonderful quick passage of the mails from Japan to Liverpool, via this road.
Jules Verne, that brilliant son of France, / Astonished all with wild romance;
Around the world in eighty days, / This tale it doth no more amaze.
For the Canadian Pacific / Runs her cars at speed terrific;
Her steamers swiftly plow the seas, / Which gives to us our cheap, fine teas.
For she is bound to lead the van / With her short, quick route to Japan;
And proudly she may glory vent / In highway to the Orient.
From a small sprout these leaves they grew, / And bard now bids you kind adieu.