Music — Poetry — Fiction 



1899 



Zangwill, ISRAEL. Noah's ark. (In his They that walk in dark- 1899 

 ness. N. Y.: Macmillan Co. 1899.) ZangwiU 



In this story, which was also published in Lippincott's in August, 1 899, 

 is a fairly accurate account of Major Mordecai Manuel Noah's proposed 

 plan for a City of Refuge for Jews on Grand Island. 



1900 



Austin, Henry. Niagara. (Indep., Nov. 29, 1900. 52:2827.) 1900 



Austin 



Splendor supreme of constant majesty, 

 Of towering passion, overpowering charm, 

 At last, mine eyes behold thee as thou art — 

 In all the lightness of thy moving grace; 

 In all the whiteness of thy soaring spray; 

 In all the brightness of thy might ! 



At last, 

 Mine ears drink in thy voice miraculous, 

 O plunging mountain full of thunder-songs 

 Defiant or triumphant, echoing aye 

 Through vasts of day and night! 



O Shape beyond 

 All winged imagery of magic words 

 Most musical, by ancient bards bequeathed 

 To spell the hearts of ever-coming men, 

 At last, I grasp, I clasp thee ; and my soul, 

 Struck speechless in thy Cavern of the Winds, 

 Breathlessly burns with sharp, voluptuous ache 

 To dash herself against thy torrent breast 

 And join the awful Angels of thy fall 

 Perpetual on the crags of Agony — 

 Victorious Agony of glorious doom! 



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