Music — Poetry — Fiction 



1846 



Burroughs, Rev. CHARLES. Niagara Falls. (In his The poetry 1846 

 of religion and other poems. Bost. : Ticknor, Reed and Fields. 1 85 1 . Burroughs 

 Pp. 62-66, 67-68.) 



Composed at Niagara August 10, 1846. To the clergyman-author 

 the rush of the waters was a song of rapture to God, the clouds of spray 

 were incense, the rainbow was a reminder of redemption by Christ, the 

 cliffs were altars, and the whole Falls an inspiration to worship. 



CLINTON, GEORGE \V. Sketches of Niagara falls and river, by 1846 

 Cousin George. Buffalo: Peck. 1846. clin,on 



An imaginary conversation about the scenery between " Cousin George " 

 and his two young cousins as the three walk about the Falls. 



Francis Abbott; or, The hermit of Niagara. A tale of the old and 1846 

 new world. By the author of Mattallak &c. Boston: Gleason's Pub- 

 lishing Hall. 1846. 



(The) grave of Washington; Villa of Mount Vernon, and Key to the 1846 

 Bastille; and banks of Niagara. Edinburgh: William Whyte and Co. 

 1846. Pp. 37-40. 



A poem of sixteen four-line stanzas. An exhortation to reverence before 

 the mighty flood and reflections on human nature inspired by contemplation 

 of the Falls. 



1847 



Brownell, Henry Howard. Niagara. (In his Poems. N. Y. : 1847 

 D. Appleton & Co. Phila. : Geo. S. Appleton. 1 847. Pp. 38-45.) BrovmcU 



Has aught like this descended since the fountains 

 Of the Great Deep, broke up, in cataracts hurled, 



And climbing lofty hills, eternal mountains, 

 Poured wave on wave above a buried world? 



Yon tides are raging, as when storms have striven, 

 And the vexed seas, awaking from their sleep, 



Are rough with foam, and Neptune's flocks are driven 

 In myriads o'er the green and azure deep. 



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