Tag: niagara gorge
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Uncle Alvin at Niagara by Almon Trask Allis
Alvin “The last excursion of the year,” I read the other day, Affordin’ opportunity to see grand old Niagara ; And for a dollar and a half, to go up there and back, And see the sights, and ride above two hundred miles of track, Seemed like we’d get our money’s worth, if we…
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The River Niagara by Donald Lashelle
lashelle ‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡‡I In nature, all acts that have gone before Leave traces, record marks, clues, tracks in store That many persons pause to ponder o’er. From inside outwards was the earth’s crust made, The hollows caved in, the high mountains stayed, Encircling flames produced the waters vast, And time and seasons scaled things to the…
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Niagara by Arthur William Fisher
I NIAGARA, how charms thy name Resounding from thy high walled sheer! How sweet thy water’s far acclaim That bursts upon my pricking ear! How beams my eye with kindling flame As to thy presence I draw near, Where beautied grandure’s falling swell Weaves still time’s awful, mystic spell! I gaze at thee from nearest…
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The Test of Cantilever by James Walton Jackson
Lo! Cantilever stands the test, See! see! it bears upon its breast Fully twenty locomotives’ weight, Nor bends beneath the heavy freight. See! twenty engines safely ride Across Niagara’s seething tide – Across the mystic iron span – Last product of the god-like man. “The Cantilever bridge is strong!” Exultant shout the wondering throng. Lo!…
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Niagara by C. E. Whiton-Stone
What wild convulsion in the ages past Shook thee to such immeasurable unrest, Oh, mad Niagara? Did the huge crest Of some black mountain, splintered by a blast From Heaven down-bolted, leave these fissures vast Whence rush thy waters? Or was ocean pressed From its storm-beaten shores, to dash thy breast And hurl out rage…