J. G. H.
Untitled
Niagara, can words express
Thy wondrous majesty?
Great Queen of floods enrobed in clouds —
Thou emblem of eternity.
I've stood upon thy trembling shore
At dead of night, and heard
The mighty thunder of thy roar,
While earth itself has stirred.
I've seen thy gulf when silvered o'er,
Beneath the moon-lit sky,
While wreaths of spray resemblance bore
To phantoms floating by;
And I have gazed upon thy bow —
That bridge of colored light,
On which our fancies heaven-ward go,
In visions of delight.
October 17, 1846
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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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