The Dutch may havetheir Holland, the Spaniard have his Spain, TheYankee to the south of us must south of us remain; For not a man dare lift a hand against the men who brag That they were born in Canada beneath the British flag.

-Johnson, Pauline
  'Canadian Born', collected in Flint and Feather (1912).

Mientras en Norteame¤  rica la colonizacio¤  n deposito¤   los ge¤  rmenes de un esp|¤ritu y una econom|¤a que se plasmaban entonces en Europa y a los cuales pertenec|¤a el porvenir, a la Ame¤  rica espan‹  ola trajo los efectos y los me¤  todos de un esp|¤ritu y una econom|¤a que declinaban ya y a los cuales no pertenec|¤a sino el pasado. Whereas in North America colonization planted the seeds of the spirit and economy then growing in Europe

-Maria¤ t egui,Jose¤   Carlos
French poet,  author of  Lais  and  Fables.  Born in Normandy,  she spent most of her life in England. Her Lais in particular  were of great influence on French literature.