[PW] Re: Poem Quest

[Mervyn Cripps]

Could the spelling be Desaulniers, Gonzalve, poet and judge? 1863-1934.
One of the founders of the Montreal literary school and a lyric and
nature poet of note. He was the author of two volumes of poetry, "Pour
la France" 1918, and "Les Bois qui Chantent" 1930.  -- Encyclopedia
Canadiana

I've never heard of this poet and don't know if he published in English.
The poem mentioned just reeks of William Henry Drummond's work, which
was mostly dialect verse, though I've no recollection of this particular
poem. 

Hopes this sets someone off in the right direction.

Merv


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Subject: [PW] Poem Quest

A patron is looking for a poem, or a collection of poems, by Armsell
Desualt (sp?), a French-Canadian poet.  The poem contains the following
lines:
 
I go me once to baseball game,
I laugh & din some more,
It was in New York on the day,
She played with Baltimore.
 
The patron read the poem in a hard cover book in the 1950s.  
 
We've looked in Granger's (up to the 10th edition), the Canadian
Encyclopedia, the Oxford Companion to Canadian History and Literature,
and Poets of Canada, so far to no avail.  We've also googled and
yahoo!ed it too.
 
Thank you for any help you can provide.
 
Sincerely,
 
Ellen Dark MLS
Reference Librarian
Sarnia Branch
Lambton County Library
124 Christina St. S.
Sarnia, ON  N7T 8E1
519-332-3291
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