. The Niagara book : a complete souvenir of Niagara Falls : containing sketches, stories and essays--descriptive, humorous, historical and scientific. T[\e Horse Shoe Falls from the Three Sisters—Dufferin Islands in the distance. WHAT TO SEE. 47 The waters at thy baseRave ceaselessly ; but thou, most awful Form,[Fallest] from forth thy silent sea of green,How silently 0 dread and silent [Fall!] I gazed upon theeTill thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from my thought. Entranced in prayer 1 worshipped the Invisible alone. Yet like some sweet beguiHng melody. So sweet we know n
. The Niagara book : a complete souvenir of Niagara Falls : containing sketches, stories and essays--descriptive, humorous, historical and scientific. T[\e Horse Shoe Falls from the Three Sisters—Dufferin Islands in the distance. WHAT TO SEE. 47 The waters at thy baseRave ceaselessly ; but thou, most awful Form,[Fallest] from forth thy silent sea of green,How silently 0 dread and silent [Fall!] I gazed upon theeTill thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from my thought. Entranced in prayer 1 worshipped the Invisible alone. Yet like some sweet beguiHng melody. So sweet we know not we are listening to it. Thou, the meanwhile, wast blending with my thought,— Yea, with my life and lifes own secret joy— Till the dilating soul, enrapt, transfused, Into the mighty vision passing—there, As in her natural form, swelled vast to Heaven. Who gave you your invulnerable hfe. Your strength, your speed, your fury, and your joy. Unceasing thunder and eternal foam ? Who made you glorious as the gates of HeavenBeneath the keen full moon ? Who bade the sunClothe you with rainbows ? Who, with living flowersOf loveliest blue, spre
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