Niagara Falls 

 1898 'Till Justice, with concordant hand, 



Johnson 



And Liberty with outstretched hand, 

 Shall welcome pilgrims as they land 

 On Freedom's happy shore. 



And guard with zealous care for aye, 

 Thy mighty organ, night and day, 

 That all the world may hear it play, 

 With unvexed harmony. 



Until discordant war's alarms, 

 And conflicts of contending arms, 

 Are silenced by thy mad'ning charms, 

 Plunge on, Niagara! 



Nor let thy eyelids ever close, 

 In Neptune's arms in sweet repose, 

 'Till all the nations shall disclose, 

 Like thee, Niagara, 



A charity as broad and deep 

 As is thine own encircling steep, 

 Or as thy vortex where we peep 



Thro' azure mists to heaven. 



Methinks the Grecian bard would find 

 Meet inspiration for his noblest song. 

 And not in Trojan wars; 



For here dwells Liberty. 



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