Category: Religious poetry

Untitled by C. H. Cope

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The title page of the Table Rock Album

Thou image of the Almighty One, as on thy wave I gaze,
It seems as God from off his brow the shroud of time doth raise,
And in thy might I see the hand that cleft thy headlong way,
And the veil of the eternal throne in thy column’d clouds of spray —
The diadem of mercy in thy many-colored bow.
And the terrors of his anger in the gulf that boils below —
In thy thunder hear His voice — O! then how dare I speak of thee,
When thus the Godhead speaketh, vain man must silent be.

C. H. Cope comes from England.

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

This link takes you to the scanned version of  the 1855 version of Table Rock Album from the Hathi Trust

See the Table of Contents of the Table Rock Album on this site.

Untitled by N. Brooks

table
The title page of the Table Rock Album

Ceaseless Niagara, shall thy thunder roll,
Till time shall cease to be, and like a scroll
Earth shall be gathered up, and then the soul
Will heed thee not; for God will claim the whole.

N. Brooks is from New Hampshire.

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

This link takes you to the scanned version of  the 1855 version of Table Rock Album from the Hathi Trust

See the Table of Contents of the Table Rock Album on this site.

Untitled by Charlotte B________

table
The title page of the Table Rock Album

Niagara — each hour, each hour — each day, each day,
The rich, the poor, the gentle pass your way;
The tradesman from his toil released,
Seeks beauties that our God decreed
To flow from Niagara; mighty as before,
You’ll live for ages, when ages shall be no more,
Made by that power, that power that man can ne’er destroy,
Our Lord, our everlasting God, from all eternity:
Steadfastly you stand as ever seen by those,
That thus appreciate the works which God bestows;
Great, beautiful Falls! you’ll continue great,
And live in grandeur, when different is our state,
When old age comes, or sad despair,
‘Tis thus to thee, oh God! we’ll pour our prayer.
Falls, mighty Falls, aloft with moistened eyes,
I send my humble gratitude with tearful sighs,
To God who ever sends us hope and trust,
Though we are sinful he is just;
If we ask pardon, our mighty God is kind,
And gives us hope in prayer, in peace of mind.
Niagara Falls! the mighty work of God,
I feel how great, how wondrous is our Lord.

August 15, 1847

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

This link takes you to the scanned version of  the 1855 version of Table Rock Album from the Hathi Trust

See the Table of Contents of the Table Rock Album on this site.

Untitled by Anonymous

table
The title page of the Table Rock Album

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

This link takes you to the scanned version of  the 1855 version of Table Rock Album from the Hathi Trust

See the Table of Contents of the Table Rock Album on this site.

 

Untitled by Anonymous

table
The title page of the Table Rock Album

“On to the curtained shrine — ay, pass within
Into that trembling temple of the world;
And there stoop ‘mid the storm.   ‘T will visit you
In robes of darkness that will seem like night
Fallen on mid-day.    ‘T will come on you in song
Gigantic, but melodious — chorussed still,
Like a mad ocean heaved on iron shores
By tempests that stir earth’s foundation. — Go stand
Up amid the roar — ‘T will visit you if yet
A ray gleam through the twilight of your soul.”

 

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

This link takes you to the scanned version of  the 1855 version of Table Rock Album from the Hathi Trust

See the Table of Contents of the Table Rock Album on this site.