Category: War of 1812
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I Too Have Seen Thy Ever-Pouring Flood by James Gates Percival
I too have seen thy ever-pouring flood, Mightiest of cataracts, Niagara! Have seen thy restless waters rush away, And on thy beetling rock alone have stood, And seen the morning sunbeams paint thy spray, And countless rainbows on thy light mist play; And I have walked along thy field of blood, Whereon the free invaders…
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The Death of Brock by Erieus
Lines composed on seeing the Proposals of the Commissioners for erecting a Monument to the memory of the late MAJOR GENERAL SIR ISAAC BROCK. — In imitation of the death of WOLFE. CROWN’D with sad cypress Britannia sat mournful, Where Queenston’s bold heights overlook the broad plain; Her Garments were wet with the tears of…
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Battle of Niagara: a Poem Without Notes by John Neal
The full title of this book is Battle of Niagara: A Poem, Without Notes : and Goldau, Or, The Maniac Harper. It was originally published under the pseudonym Jehu O’Cataract in 1818. Click to see the full-text of the book at Google Books. From Charles Dow*: John Neal was of Quaker descent but was read…
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Monuments by Stan Skrzeszewski
My Father told me To follow Napoleon It will lead to fame, Fortune and freedom Just not for my country So we fought in Italy, Russia Spain and San Domingo And in Canada and America At Chateauguay and Oswego Plattsburgh and Fort Erie As corpses, Many of us floated down the Niagara River Or were…
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Snake Hill by Stan Skrzeszewski
Snake Hill is a hill that was If you look for it you won’t find it Where it stood, houses now stand But no longer on a hill There are no snakes, no hill On Snake Hill There is no plaque to identify the once sandy outcrop But the space it occupied is still there…