Niagara Falls 



1 »4i A meaner muse of modern days, now ventures to admire thee, 



Her music thou may'st well despise — thy own shall never tire 

 thee. 



1841 H. E. D. The fugitive slave's apostrophe to Niagara. (In Buck- 



H. fc.. D. ingham, Joseph T., Personal memoirs and recollections of editorial life. 

 Bost.: Ticknor, Reed, Fields. 1852. 2:192-194.) 



An apostrophe, ringing and strong, to Niagara as the boundary of the 

 land of liberty. 



1841 Morpeth, George William Frederick Howard, Lord. 



Morpeth Niagara Falls. (In Holley, G. W., Niagara; its history and geology, 



incidents and poetry. N. Y. Buffalo, Toronto: 1872. 



P. 162.) 



Lord Morpeth, who was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1855 to 

 1864, made three visits to Niagara Falls These lines were written after 

 1841. 



There's nothing great or bright, thou glorious Fall ! 



Thou mayest not to the fancy's sense recall. 



The thunder-riven cloud, the light'ning's leap, 



The stirring of the chambers of the deep ; 



Earth's emerald green, and many tinted dyes, 



The fleecy whiteness of the upper skies; 



The tread of armies thickening as they come, 



The boom of cannon and the beat of drum ; 



The brow of beauty and the form of grace, 



The passion and the prowess of our race ; 



The song of Homer in its loftiest hour, 



The unresisted sweep of human power; 



Britannia's trident on the azure sea, 



America's young shout of Liberty ! 



Oh ! may the waves which madden in thy deep 



There spend their rage nor climb the encircling steep ; 



And till the conflict of thy surges cease 



The nations on thy banks repose in peace. 



1 Succeeded to title* Earl of Carlisle. 



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