Niagara Falls

Poetry Project  

Capting Ralph Stackpole

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'Tis did -- my braggin' days is o'er,
I'll brag of old SALT* now no more.
The look of pride which once I wore
Is gone, alas! my heart are tore ;
The proud, firm footstep, mine of yore
Are now, too, gone; my eyes is sore,
And little scaldin' tears does pour,
When I does think that old SALT's roar,
Was made "considerable" lower,
Even at this very door.

* Salt River

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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