Niagara Falls 

 1903 Saunders, J. E. Niagara. Lond. : Partridge. 1903. 



Saunders 



A moralizing poem about 



" Nature's unequalled masterpiece : — 

 Sublimest of sublimities." 



1904 



!904 CoPELAND, BENJAMIN. Niagara, and other poems. Buffalo: Mat- 



Copeland thews-Northrup. 1904. Pp. 11-12. 



Majestic symbol of eternal power! 



Dread oracle of sons all unknown! 

 Before thy presence Pomp and Passion cower, — 



All men are equal at thy awful throne. 



Abashed, the eager babble of the mart, — 



To silence shamed, the vulgar greed for gain; 



No more ambition goads the weary heart, 

 And Toil forgets its unrequited pain. 



Stern type of Truth's inexorable law ! 



No room remains for envy or for pride ; 

 Here prince and pauper stand in common awe, 



Swayed by the spell of thy resistless tide. 



A rushing, seething Sinai, — thou dost pour 

 On sluggish consciences the solemn sense 



Of justice infinite : — thy thunder's roar 

 Declares to Wrong relentless recompense. 



Against our arrogance thy strength doth plead ; 



Deep unto deep imperiously calls ; 

 Impartial annalist ! the nations read 



Their transient glory on thy ageless walls. 



Yet dost thou deign to dower the moment's need, — 

 Our dreams exceeding by thy bounteous sway ; 



With power unrivalled thy proud flood shall speed 



The New World's progress toward Time's perfect day. 



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