A wail went o’er broad Canada, + 

When it was known a vile outlaw + 

Had at midnight’s awful hour, + 

With ruffian hand blown up the tower. + 

’Neath which had slept the gallant Brock + 

Who bravely fell on Queenston’s rock, + 

But graceful column soon shall rise, + 

Its beauteous shaft will kiss the skies. + 

For from Queenston’s woody height + 

You may behold a pleasing sight, + 

The grim old veterans of the war, + 

Militiamen with many a scar. + 

Indian braves from each nation, + 

Grouped to pay their last ovation, + 

Round the remains of General Brock, + 

Who led them oft in battle’s shock. + 

Old heroes now again do rally, + 

Feebly they move along the valley, + 

Not as they rushed in days of yore + 

When torrent like they onward bore. + 

And swept away the foeman’s ranks + 

O’er Niagara’s rugged banks, + 

So indignant was their grief + 

On losing of their warrior chief. + 

Now with triumphant funeral car, + 

Adorned with implements of war, + 

The sad procession slow ascends, + 

As round the hill its way it wends. + 

Marching to mournful, solemn note, + 

While grand old flags around it float, + 

And now may peace be never broken + 

’Mong lands where Saxon tongue is spoken. + 

“For peace hath victories by far + 

More glorious than horrid war,” + 

England doth Longfellow revere, + 

And America loves Shakespeare. + 