Ye who would feast your souls on heavenly food,
Go muse awhile on Niagara’s flood;
Turn ye to Him who pours its rushing wave,
And praise the power who rules us but to save;
Whose might could crush the world he deigned to form,
Whose love redeemed mankind — who feeds the worm.
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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