'Lays from the West' is a collection of poems penned by M. A. Nicholl. Some of the featured titles include 'Song', 'A Memory', 'After Life's Fever', 'Christmas Eve', and 'At Anchor'. Here's an excerpt from 'Song': "Oh! green-bosomed Isle, as the summer day's gloaming / Lies dreamy and dun on the prairie's wild breast / There my worn, wayward heart o'er the wild waves is roaming / Far, far to the scenes that are dearest and best."