Grenville Mellen
Written Directly After Going "Within the Veil" of Niagara
O God! -- my prayer is to Thee, amid sounds
That rock the world -- I've seen Thy majesty
Within the veil -- I've heard the anthem-shout
Of a great ocean, as it leapt in mist
About my thunder-shaken path -- Thy voice
As centuries have heard it, in the rush
And roar of waters. I have bent my brow
Beneath Thy rainbow, and have lifted up
My shriek 'midst these vast cadences -- I've seen
What is the wonder of ETERNITY,
And what this visioned nothingness of man.
August 22, 1838
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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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