In the small Village of St Joseph, below the City of Ottawa, still lives or did live very recently, an ancient couple, whole story is told in the following lines.
By the sad fellowship of human suffering, By the bereavements that are thine and mine, I venture--oh, forgive me!--with this offering, I would it were to thee God's oil and wine ...
Do you know the town Pembroke so loyal and long And so worthy the praise of a poet in song? Nestled down by the lake shore, that ripples and shines, And hemmed in by the hills with their crowning of pines....