Niagara, and Other Poems

Havana’s waters, blue and broad, Reflect the righteousness of God; And Santiago’s wreck-strewn shore Resounds His praise for evermore. The islands of the sea rejoice; The floods...

Faint not, though fruitless still the labor seems Wherewith love serves the Master dear, divine; You do not know how far it throws its beams, The lamp which you keep burning at...

Remember, Soul, the solemn word, Still uttered by thy loving Lord:— “That which thou sowest, thou shalt reap.” Let not thy nobler nature sleep; The word the Voice within thee sa...

Stern type of Truth’s inexorable law! No room remains for envy or for pride; Here prince and pauper stand in common awe, Swayed by the spell of thy resistless tide.