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William Douw Lighthall

The distinguished King s Counsel, author and publicist of Mont real. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, December 27th, 1857, son of W. F. Lighthall, notary, Montreal, and Margaret, eldest daughter of Captain Henry Wright, Chateauguay. Educated at Montreal High School, and McGill University (B.A. and Shakespeare Gold Medalist in English literature, 1879; B.C.L., 1881; MA., 1885). Married in 1890, Cybel W., daughter of Mr John Wilkes. Advocate, 1881; K.C., 1906. One of the leaders of the Bar in Montreal. Discoverer of the Indian burying ground at Westmount. Ex- President of the Royal Society of Canada. Author of Thoughts, Moods and Ideals, The Young Seigneur, The Battle of Chateauquay, Montreal After 250 years A Prehistoric Hochelaga Burying Ground, A Link in Iroquois History, Hiawatha the Great, The Master of Life etc. Edited 'Songs of the Great Dominion' (1889) and 'Canadian Poems and Lays' (1891).'

THE GALAHADS

T summer s noon upon the wilds there crept An evil shadow, and the wind stood still; The parks eternal shivered; in the camps The children s laughter hushed, and round the board Lurked close that shadow of the Prussian crime. The great star Lucifer had dropt from heaven A race, once honoured, boasted in the mire Of theft and murder; Goethe s crown of light Rolled from Germania s brow; Kant s majesty Of skylike conscience like a sky crashed down; And in the peace of the remotest woods Reverberated those foul boasts of shame.

Yet faint above the din, on ether borne, A clear voice rang the ancient battle cries: Freedom and honour ! truth and chivalry ! St. George, defend thy pledges unto death ! St. George, defend the weak, and save the world! And all true sons of Britain felt it vain

To live, unless as British knights of old.