Niagara Falls! stupendous, beautiful, enduring monument of
power divine.
Thy white foam pillars ever moving stand, and ever standing move
harmoniously
to the rough music of the dashing spray. Matching desktop theme,
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wallpaper, and Winamp skin available separately. When did thy swift but
solemn march begin? When was thou first heaved o’er those heights
sublime?
You stand alone, unmatched, unrivaled Falls.
During the Qin Dynasty, Meng Jiangnu's husband, Fan Qiliang
was caught
by federal officials and sent to build the Great Wall. Meng Jiangnu
heard
nothing from him, so she went to the Great Wall and discovered that her
husband had died. Hearing the bad news, she began to wail loudly and
hit
the wall causing a huge chunk of the Great Wall to collapse. Matching
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Native legend
tells of Lelawala,
a beautiful maid betrothed by her father to a brave she despised.
Rather
than marry, Lelawala chose to sacrifice herself to her true love He-No,
the Thunder God, who dwelled in a cave behind the Horseshoe Falls. She
paddled her canoe into the swift current of the Niagara River and was
swept
over the brink. He-No caught her as she plummeted, and together their
spirits
are said to live forever in the Thunder God's sanctuary behind the
Falls.
O great Yosemite, whose trails ribbon up beyond your lakes,
glistening
mirrors where mountains streaked with snow edge the dark blue sky.
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Your great pines lifting greenest needles to the sky, and snow drifts
ribbed
like sparkling dunes from warm sunlight and icy winds.
