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Rivers-Lee: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Lee. On this I ponder Where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, Sweet Cork, of thee, - With thy bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee. FATHER PROUT (Francis Mahoney)- The Bells of Shandon. Leven. On Leven's banks, while free to rove, And tune the rural pipe to love, I envied not the happiest swain That ever trod the Arcadian plain. Pure stream! in whose transparent wave My youthful limbs I wont to lave; No torrents stain thy limpid source, No rocks impede thy dimpling course, That sweetly warbles o'er its bed, With white, round, polish'd pebbles spread.— SMOLLETT — Ode to Leven Water.

Loire. How often I have led thy sportive choir, With tuneless pipe, beside the murmuring Loire! Where shading elms along the margin grew, And freshen'd from the wave, the zephyr flew.— GOLDSMITH — The Traveller. L. 243.

Merrimack. Do pilgrims find their way to Indian Ridge, Or journey onward to the far-off bridge, And bring to younger ears the story back Of the broad stream, the mighty Merrimack?— O. W. HOLMES — The School Boy. L. 247.

Niagara. "Niagara! wonder of this western world, And half the world beside! hail, beauteous queen Of cataracts!" An angel who had been O'er heaven and earth, spoke thus, his bright wings furled, And knelt to Nature first, on this wild cliff unseen.— MARIA BROOKS — To Niagara.

Flow on, forever, in thy glorious robe Of terror and of beauty. Yea, flow on Unfathomed and resistless. God hath set His rainbow on thy forehead: and the cloud Mantled around thy feet. And He doth give Thy voice of thunder power to speak of Him Eternally-bidding the lip of man Keep silence-and upon thine altar pour Incense of awe-struck praise.— LYDIA M. SIGOURNEY — Niagara.