George Menzies
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Roll on, mysterious river, in thy might,
Awakening dreams of terrible delight,
Or thrilling fear, and turning into naught
All that hath e'er been sketched in human thought
Of beauty and of grandeur --- God hath thrown
A glorious girdle round thee --- God alone
Can curb thy restless torrent --- He who gave
His voice of thunder to thy rushing wave,
And built on foam the bright prismatic bow
That sheds its glory on the gulf below ---
Yea, He whose path is in the secret deep,
Shall lull thy troubled spirit into sleep,
Still as a wearied babe that's on the breast
Of yearning love is cradled into rest.
Chippewa, Nov. 9, 1834.
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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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