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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