Niagara Falls 



1900 The word of power 



Was spoke that hour: 

 Dark chaos felt the shock ; 

 Forth sprung the light, 

 Burst day from night, 

 Up leaped the living rock. 



Back fell the sea 



The land was free, 



And mountain, hill, and plain 



Stood forth to view, 



In emerald hue, — 



Then sang the stars amain. 



And I — oh thou : 



Who taught me how 



To hymn thy wondrous love 



Deign to be near 



And calm my fear, 



Holy one above. 



1 caught the word 

 Creation heard, 



And by thy power arose; 

 His goodness gave 

 The swelling wave 

 That ever onward flows. 



By his command 



The rainbow spanned 



My forehead and his will 



Evoked the cloud 



My feet to shroud, 



And taught my voice to trill. 



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