Tag: funambulists

I salute you, O Frenchman, fellow-republican, Crosser of chasms, traverser of rivers, Walking on a rope of hempen fiber Above the roaring thunder of mighty Niagara. A human miracle over a natural wonder, You walk step by step on the tautened rope Above the spume, the spray, the ever-rising vapor Of the cataract’s incessantly tumbling…