Niagara Falls 



1898 From yonder tower view Queenston's height, 



Hennepin was denied the sight, 

 From whence thou struggled in the night 

 Of primeval dawn. 



The windings of thy crystal shoe, 

 Church faithfully portrayed, 'tis true, 

 The canvas shows a bygone view. 



Pride of the " Corcoran." 



When Winter steps upon the stage, 

 White-cowled and solemn as a sage, 

 Thou dost display an ample page 



Of glistening ice-moss bright. 



Then icy apples moonlit shine 

 On evergreens at midnight time, 

 And then thou seemest most sublime, 

 In snowy satin robed. 



Translucent columns, purest white, 

 Glisten in the morning light; 

 Prismatic scene of rare delight, 

 Of hues Elysian; 



Here snow-capped mountains block thy flow, 

 While crystal diamonds crown the show, 

 And icy bridges form below, 

 To span a Paradise. 



The flower is pledged unto the bee, 

 The tidal wave unto the sea; 

 Our northern floods are pledged to thee, 

 Thou thundering watersheet! 



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