'Lord! what a place to sponge a coat!'"

"THOUGHTS ON VISITING NIAGARA.

"I wonder how long you've been a roarin'

At this infernal rate:

I wonder if all you've been a pourin'

Could be ciphered on a slate.

"I wonder how such a thund'rin' sounded

When all New York was woods;

I suppose some Indians have been drownded