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                        NIAGARA, AND OTHER POEMS




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                        Niagara, and Other Poems


                                   By

                           Benjamin Copeland




                        _Buffalo and New York:_
                     _The Matthews-Northrup Works_
                                 _1904_

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                           _Copyright, 1904,_

                                  _By_

                          _Benjamin Copeland_


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                               CONTENTS.


        NIAGARA                                               11

        THE MEADOW AIR IS SWEET                               13

        WHEN LIFE WAS LIKE A SUNNY STREAM                     15

        THE FIRST ROBIN                                       18

        THE GOAL                                              20

        THE REWARD                                            21

        STRENGTH AND BEAUTY                                   22

        VIOLET, ROSE, AND GOLDEN ROD                          23

        OCTOBER                                               25

        THE WINDOW OVER THE STABLE-DOOR                       27

        “HAIL TO THE CHIEF!” (PRESIDENT MCKINLEY)             30

        CUBA LIBRE                                            32

        THE GREATER REPUBLIC                                  34

        EMERSON                                               36

        DANIEL WEBSTER                                        39

        LINCOLN                                               40

        AGASSIZ—EMERSON                                       40

        WELCOME                                               41

        FAME                                                  43

        DEFEATED                                              44

        FIDELITY                                              45

        TRANSFIGURED!                                         46

        BETRAYED                                              47

        SUNSET                                                48

        FULFILLMENT                                           49

        CONTENTMENT                                           49

        COMPANIONSHIP                                         50

        ASPIRATION AND ATTAINMENT                             51

        A QUESTION OR TWO                                     53

        OTHER SHEEP                                           55

        BY MANY PATHS                                         57

        POOR LITTLE JOE!                                      58

        DARK, AND DAYS                                        59

        EXPERIENCE                                            59

        A SURE FOUNDATION                                     60

        THE VOYAGE                                            60

        THE STONECROFT                                        61

        PROGRESS                                              62

        A BENEDICTION                                         62

        LOVE AND TRUTH                                        63

        BEAUTY                                                64

        HEART OF LOVE                                         64

        THE CORONATION                                        65

        DISCIPLESHIP                                          65

        THE GREATER DEEP                                      66

        FAITH                                                 66

        THE GIFT                                              66

        SONSHIP                                               67

        REALITY                                               67

        INFINITY                                              67

        UNANSWERED                                            68

        SELF-SENTENCED                                        69

        A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD                                    70

        INSPIRATION                                           70

        UNCONSCIOUS INFLUENCE                                 71

        HOLD FAST THIS TRUTH                                  71

        GLORIA IN EXCELSIS!                                   72

        A CONTRAST                                            72

        CROWNED!                                              73

        THE MEASURE                                           73

        HUMILITY                                              74

        ENTREATY                                              74

        AT LAST!                                              75

        FORGIVE US, LORD!                                     75

        ASSURANCE                                             76

        THE LITTLE ONES                                       77

        LITTLE RUTH                                           79

        LITTLE THEODORE                                       81

        WHERE THERE IS NO MORE PAIN                           83

        THE EASTER ANSWER                                     85

        COMMUNION                                             87

        ST. AUGUSTINE                                         88

        BETHEL                                                90

        AN IDYL OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE                         94

        OPPORTUNITY                                           95

        LET IN THE LIGHT!                                     96

        THE LAW OF LOVE                                       98

        SUPPLICATION                                          99

        OUR LIFE IS LENT                                     100

        LENTEN LESSONS                                       102

        REMEMBER!                                            103

        THE RECKONING                                        104

        THE FONT, THE ALTER, AND THE TOMB                    105

        THE EVENTIDE                                         107

        THE LARGER LIFE                                      108

        A PRAYER                                             109

        THE MESSAGE                                          110

        AS THOU WILT                                         111

        WE WOULD SING THE STORY!                             112

        CHRISTMAS                                            115

        “AS HE IS.”                                          117

        PASSION-TIDE                                         118

        IN BROTHERHOOD WITH ALL                              119

        CODE AND CREED                                       120

        EASTER-TIDE                                          121

        EASTER LILIES                                        123

        EASTER-TIDE ADORATION                                124

        THE KING                                             125

        AN EASTER-TIDE LYRIC                                 126

        AN EASTER IDYL                                       127

        ASCENSION-TIDE                                       128

        HOMEWARD                                             130

        CHRISTUS CONSOLATOR                                  131

        COMPENSATION                                         132

        FROM MORNING TO MORNING!                             133

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                                NIAGARA.


         Majestic symbol of eternal power!
           Dread oracle of eons all unknown!
         Before thy presence