The Downing legends : Stories in Rhyme The witch of Shiloh, the last of the Wampanoags, the gentle earl, the enchanted voyage |
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The Downing legends : Stories in Rhyme | ||
XXII
So wondering Downing changed in moodBeside Niagara's heavenly doors,—
His battle ended with the brood
Of Mingos hot from guiles and gores.
If fiendish men defiled such place
With vaunting over fiendish sin,
He might expect the lorelei's face
And all the peril hid therein.
And so, when moonlit evening came,
He stretched himself beside the brink
Of waves bedight with argent flame,
And watched without a nod or wink.
The Downing legends : Stories in Rhyme | ||