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Niagara Falls 



Now rise, muffled in mist, rolling up heavily, 

 Deep tones, awfully grand, shaking the earth, as they 

 Swell like the low bass of the thunder-storm, 

 Heard by the strained ear of the listener. 



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Dewarl 



1869 

 Lord 



Thus float over the mist ever in harmony 

 Three tones, joyous and free, forming Niagara's 



Anthem of praise, new every moment, yet 



Changeless as time, old as eternity. 



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DEWART, Edward HARTLEY. Songs of life; a collection of poems. 

 Toronto: Dudley and Burns. 1869. Pp. 79-82. 



A reflective poem of the emotions and thoughts stirred by Niagara. 

 Religious in tone. 



Lord, John C. The genius of Niagara. (In his Occasional poems. 

 Buffalo: Breed and Lent. 1869. Pp. 19-22.) 



A description of the proud demon of waters against whom Winter and 

 Time are both powerless. 



Proud Demon of the waters — thou 

 Around whose stern and stormy brow 



Circles the rainbow's varied gem — 

 The Vapor Spirit's diadem — 



While rushing headlong at thy feet, 



The everlasting thunders meet. 



Throned on the mists, around thy form 



Is dashing an eternal storm, 

 Whose ceaseless, changeless earthquake shock 



The tempests of old Ocean mock, 

 And the dark Sea-King yields to thee, 

 The meed of might and majesty. 



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