Music — Poetry — Fiction 



1893 



Begg, Mary Millar. Niagara. (In her My mother's marriage 1893 

 ring and other poems. Glasgow: Bryce. 1893. P. 100.) 



Two stanzas addressed to the " majestic torrent " and " overpowering 

 force " of Niagara. 



Loveman, Robert. Niagara. (In his Poems. Tuscaloosa: 1893 



Burton. 1893. P. 17.) Loveman 



Some vast despair, some grief divine, 



Doth vigil keep, 

 Forever here; Before this shrine 



The waters weep. 



Methinks a God from some far sphere. 



In sportive part, 

 In ages past wooed Nature here, 



And broke her heart. 



1894 



BAKER, NAAMAN R. An ode to Niagara. (In his Constancy and 1894 

 other poems. Mt. Morris. 1894. P. 48.) Baker 



A brief poem dealing with the short span of man's life as compared 

 with the everlastingness of Niagara. 



CoMMELIA, Anna OLCOTT. Niagara. (In her Of such is the king- 1894 

 dom, and other poems. N. Y. : Fowler and Wells. 1894. Pp. Commelia 

 17-20.) 



Addressed to Niagara as the marvel, monarch, pride, and wonder of 

 the West. 



Gilder, Richard Watson. At Niagara. (In his Poems. Bost. 1894 

 & N. Y.: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 1908. Pp. 215-216.) Gilder 



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There at the chasm's edge behold her lean 

 Trembling as, 'neath the charm, 

 A wild bird lifts no wing to 'scape from harm; 

 Her very soul drawn to the glittering, green, 



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