Category: Niagara River Poems
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Niagara by E.G. Holland
A poem composed for the most part by the Drachenfels, one of the Seven Mountains of the Rhine, in the vicinity of Bonn, September, 1856, and delivered as a part of an address on American Scenery the day following. Thou Genius of the Western World,‡‡Whose realm extends from sea to sea,Permit thy son in foreign…
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Niagara by Kathy Gilbert
The river carries me here As a babe on its island’s shores I play Palms and fingers squish soft sand, feet kick, On my back, sun warmed laps of waves. Currents change with the seasons Moody green, then blue; milky, then grey Factory polluted in a haphazard way. In autumn steam rises after first frost…
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The Thunder of Waters by W.M. McClemont
‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡I. I am the flood gates between neighboring states, ‡‡‡‡‡‡And sever the waters in twain That flow through great lakes, and in hill and vale takes ‡‡‡‡‡‡Its source in the Laurentian. The racing rapids above, rush, jostle and shove, ‡‡‡‡‡‡And run at a furious pace, Then, nearing my ledge, leap over the edge, ‡‡‡‡‡‡Like steeds…
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Niagara by Harry Amoss
How strangely human your adventured way ! From boundlessness you come. An infancy ‘Tween parent banks you spend in fretless glee Ere adolescent drives exert their sway And churn your waters white. Then comes the day You take the plunge of destiny, to be Thenceforth a man; and, filled with urgency A purpose…
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An Indian Cave at Ne-a-ga-ra by Evelyn M. Watson
Here is the place of lores, Of heroes that never return, The site of sagas and Mysteries Of tales before old Histories Of council-fires that burn Hid from the pound of the waters where the ‡‡‡‡Cataract trembles and pours. Here in the dusky quiet, Cadenced with birds and tides — Here in the forest’s circling…