Tag: poetry

A Dialogue by S. & M.

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The title page of the Table Rock Album

S.:

Fall on, fall on, ye mighty Falls ―
I’m going now to make my calls;
When I come back I hope I will
Just find you falling, falling still.

M.:

But lest you lose your chance, my friend,
You’d better stay and see the end;
Lake Erie’s “packing up her awls”
Perhaps she may discharge the Falls.

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 B.T. Romaine and Lady

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The title page of the Table Rock Album

Majestic greatness sits, Niagara, upon thy brow,
And o’er thy rocks in thundering grandeur roll; —
We gaze, in silent wonder wrapped and humbly bow,
To thee, O God, who thus doth thrill our inmost soul.

From Albany, New York, Sept. 30, 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 R.C.

table
The title page of the Table Rock Album

Oh! not to sing presumptuous praise,
In studied words and measured lays,
‡‡This scene survey —
Omnipotence is imaged here,
Let vainer homage disappear,
‡‡And kneel and pray.

 

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 Quiz

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The title page of the Table Rock Album

‡‡Free! ay, as air,
Or as the stream that leaps the cataract,
And in eternal thunder shouts to heaven
That it is free, and will be free forever!

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 Jos. H. Patten

table
The title page of the Table Rock Album

Tell them I AM, Jehovah said:
Niagara’s waters heard with dread,
And smitten to the heart,
At once, above, beneath, around,
The Cataract, in thundering sound,
Replied ― “O Lord, THOU ART!”

 

Jos. H. Patten is from New York.

 

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.