Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
America: Vols. XXV–XXIX. 1876–79. | | | | Middle States: Niagara, the River | | Niagara Falls | | Lord Morpeth (1802–1864) |
| | | THERE ’s nothing great or bright, thou glorious Fall! | |
| Thou mayest not to the fancy’s sense recall. | |
| The thunder-riven cloud, the lightning’s leap, | |
| The stirring of the chambers of the deep; | |
| Earth’s emerald green, and many tinted dyes. | 5 |
| The fleecy whiteness of the upper skies; | |
| The tread of armies thickening as they come, | |
| The boom of cannon and the beat of drum; | |
| The brow of beauty and the form of grace, | |
| The passion and the prowess of our race; | 10 |
| The song of Homer in its loftiest hour, | |
| The unresisted sweep of human power; | |
| Britannia’s trident on the azure sea, | |
| America’s young shout of Liberty! | |
| Oh! may the waves which madden in thy deep | 15 |
| There spend their rage nor climb the encircling steep; | |
| And till the conflict of thy surges cease | |
| The nations on thy banks repose in peace. | | | | |
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