The Skater

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The Skater

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Liner Notes

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Charles G.D. Roberts (1860–1943) was a Canadian poet, writer, and professor, often called the "Father of Canadian Poetry." He was one of the first poets to gain international recognition for Canadian literature and was a leading figure in the Confederation Poets, a group that included Archibald Lampman, Bliss Carman, and Duncan Campbell Scott.

Key Facts About Roberts:
Born in Douglas, New Brunswick, Canada
He wrote about nature, landscapes, and Canadian identity
Played a role in shaping early Canadian nationalism through literature
Also wrote animal stories, which influenced later writers like Ernest Thompson Seton
Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1926

Lyrics

The Skater
By Charles G.D. Roberts
My glad feet shod with the glittering steel
I was the god of the wingèd heel.
The hills in the far white level shone,
And the west wind sang, and my hair was blown.
Like Mercury cleaving the ambient blue,
On the wing of the winds, as my skates I flew.
And the crackle and cranch of the smitten ice
Was sweet to my ear as a lover’s voice.
With bending body and eager stride,
I fled on the track of the tingling tide,
Or leaped the lines of the yellow lights,
That the sundown paints on the rifted nights.
At last I slowed in my pace, and turned,
And breathed the fragrance the frost had burned,
And saw on the luminous evening star,
How magical, strange, and sweet things are.

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