Are fittest to behold in noon's broad light;

The calm untroubled river best is seen

'Neath the soft glories of the day's decline;

And ocean's grandeur with the storm-wind dwells:

All seasons, all, Niagara, are thine.

Spring drops her crown of blossoms at thy feet;

And summer veils thy trees in deepest green;

And gorgeous autumn flings his richest robe

Of gold and crimson o'er the forest scene;