The wealth of Crœsus might have built
‡‡ A thousand Congress Halls;
But what a sight it must have cost
‡‡ To build Niagara Falls!
Source: Table Rock Album and Sketches of the Falls and Scenery Adjacent. Buffalo: Steam Press of Thomas and Lathrops, copyright by Jewett, Thomas & Co.,1856c.1848
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