G. M.
Untitled
I stand upon Niagara's dizzy heights,
Gazing far down into the fearful gulf,
And listening to the sleepless melody,
That never tires, but still keeps booming on,
Deep echoing to the eternal praise of God.
Trembling behind the flowing drapery
Of mist, I stoop, and list unearthly sounds
Ringing all round, above me and beneath.
God, thou art present with me, and the voice
Is thine that whispers me — "Beware."
Niagara, October 1839
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Source: Table Rock Album and Sketches of the Falls and Scenery
Adjacent. Buffalo: Steam Press of Thomas and Lathrops, copyright by Jewett, Thomas
& Co.,1856c.1848
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