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AT NIAGARA FALLS, by                    
First Line: In days of old, before man's advent here
Last Line: That through this tract of years my course has planned.
Subject(s): Niagara Falls; Waterfalls


In days of old, before man's advent here,
Some wondrous Titan cut this water-way;
And never since have summer skies been clear,
For weeping clouds make one, long, April day;
And day or night here deathless noise has rung
Summer or winter, countless ages through,
As if by nymphs a ceaseless dirge were sung,
Or water-wraiths their loudest trumpets blew.

But if these rapids find a calmer sea,
And if these currents purer, sweeter grow,—
Emerging from this maelstrom; then to me
Pain may be blest and my life-stream may flow
Purer by far; so I shall bless the Hand
That through this tract of years my course has planned.





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