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Will charge like thy torrent or stand like thy rock. 1836 



Let his roof be the cloud and the rock be his pillow, Drake 



Let him stride the rough mountain, or toss on the foam, 

 He will strike fast and well on the field or the billow, 

 In triumph and glory, for God and his home ! 



The note of freedom and patriotism in this poem rings strong and 

 true. 



[SHELTON, F. W.] Verses written during a thunder storm in the 1836 

 album at the Falls. (In his The trollopiad; or, Travelling gentlemen Shelton 

 in America; a satire by Nil Admirari, Esq. N. Y. : Shepard 1836. 

 Pp. 79-81.) 



Written in the Table Rock album. 



1837 



BlRD, JAMES. Francis Abbot; the recluse of Niagara, and metro- 1837 

 politan sketches. 2d ser. Lond. : Baldwin and Cradock. 1 837. Bird 

 Pp. 1-93. 



A narrative poem based on the facts as found in Alexander's Trans- 

 atlantic sketches with variations by the author. 



ELIZA. Niagara. (Soc. lit. miss., Jan. 1837. 3:21-22.) 1837 



The spirit of the torrent, the spirit of beauty, the sp 

 spirit of poesy, the spirit of devotion each in turn speaks. 



FT 



The spirit of the torrent, the spirit of beauty, the spirit of solitude, the 



1838 



Buckingham, James Silk. Hymn to Niagara. (In Barham, 1838 



William, Descriptions of Niagara; selected from various travellers . . . Buckingha 

 Gravesend: n. d. Pp. 41-42.) 



(Written at the first sight of magnificent Falls, August, 1838.) 



Hail! Sovereign of the World of Floods, whose majesty and 



might, 

 First dazzles — then enraptures — then o'erawes the aching 



sight ; 

 The pomp of kings and emperors, in every clime and zone, 

 Grows dim before the splendour of thy glorious watery throne. 



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