Niagara Falls Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DEDE FGFH IBIB JKJL MNMN OPOP QRQR SDSD DTDT UBUB| Niagara thou mighty flood | A |
| I've seen thee fall I've heard thee roar | B |
| And on the frightful verges stood | C |
| That overhang thy rocky shore | B |
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| I've sailed o'er surging waves below | D |
| And view'd the rainbow's colour'd light | E |
| And felt the spray thy waters throw | D |
| When leaping with resistless might | E |
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| I've seen the rapids in their course | F |
| Like madden'd living things rush on | G |
| With wild unhesitating force | F |
| To where thy mighty chasms yawn | H |
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| And there to take the awful leap | I |
| And fall with hoarse and sullen roar | B |
| Into th' unfathomable deep | I |
| Which rolleth on from shore to shore | B |
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| Niagara thou'rt mighty grand | J |
| Thou fill'st human souls with awe | K |
| For thee and for that mighty Hand | J |
| Which maketh thee by nature's law | L |
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| Thou'rt great thou mighty foaming mass | M |
| Of water plunging roaring down | N |
| But so are we yea we surpass | M |
| Thee and we wear a nobler crown | N |
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| Thy mighty head is crowned with foam | O |
| And rainbows wreathe thy robes of blue | P |
| Our earthly forms our present home | O |
| Are insignificant to you | P |
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| But look thou mighty thund'rer thou | Q |
| Tho' puny be our forms to thine | R |
| These forms possess yea even now | Q |
| A spark a ray of life divine | R |
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| Rush on O waters proudly hurl | S |
| Thyself to roaring depths below | D |
| And let the mists of ages curl | S |
| And generations come and go | D |
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| But know stupendous wonder know | D |
| Thy rocks would crumble at the nod | T |
| Of Him who lets thy waters flow | D |
| Thy Maker but our Friend and God | T |
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| Thy rocks shall crumble fall they must | U |
| Thy waters then shall plunge no more | B |
| But we shall rise e'en from the dust | U |
| To live upon another shore | B |
Thomas Frederick Young
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