Lilian Leveridge

Lilian Leveridge (1879-1953) was a Canadian poet.

Life
Laveridge was born in Hockering, Norfolk County, England in 1879. She came to Canada at the age of four with her parents, who settled at Coe Hill, Hastings County, Ontario. She was educated at the Normal School in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

She then taught public school in Manitoba and Ontario for seven years, and then did office work in Toronto. Her poems, articles, and short stories which were widely published in Canadian and U.S. periodicals, and collected in numerous anthologies. Her World War I poem, "Over the hills of home", was widely published and quoted.

She was a member of the Canadian Literature Club, the Canadian Women's Press Club, and the Canadian Authors Association.

Publications

 * Over the Hills of Home, and other poems. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart}McClelland, Goodchild, & Stewart, 1919; New York: E.P. Dutton, 1918.
 * A Breath of the Woods. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1926.
 * The Hero Songs of Canada. Toronto: Canadian Magazine, 1927.
 * The Blossom Trail. Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1932.
 * facsimile edition, Toronto: Ronald P. Frye, 2003.
 * Still Waters. Toronto: Toronto Writers' Studio, 1933.
 * Lyrics and Sonnets (chapbook). Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1939.

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