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Grey River Argus, Volume III, Issue 203, 2 May 1867, Page 2

To hold tl wr up to nature is the actor's- ■ ~ arc, I..'■1 ..'■ n Let me not; it for a worthy part ■•- As in ami fet me feebly try ' '£> I?™ 1 * 'Jrrw of that maddening cry Which, wll startles the dull ear of ni'hfc rums mania ruddy ohM to ashy white; Whose drelnna. spea ks of peril near and dire«=-| ■ ysMt . : '■■ The awfulJihspiring or^Btire ! Fire ! 'Tis in thtul o f night- all nature's* -hushed!:' /• The gentle ft scared' moves the sbthfiil leaves;! • : y - • The restless l-Umed by the Land of peace, f'i feubdiicd lavfle slnire with lazy waves, -%i WlncJi ehauLffc lullabies to the wauin* :>^"* moon. • ' ' ' , to -. The city sle.4 The sleepers dream— '* The mother I cffild— her'dehresfhope-, And clasps itjter in imagiiied fear Of sudden d:ito her darling's life/ lhe weaned |n, an „e afcs Ms'tuSed lj m b Si And sleeps ctk^l that hisdaily toil : Brings ease al vi f ort to his humble home, lhe ploddingly^ counts again his gains, Aud dreams o»e competence and wealth • lhe moronanttfe, ventures and his risks lhe night welilthe moon is gone, .-*-—-< And darkness!^ i uilgs o . er tKe Uma The moamiig Mfifcful gusts revives : " Ihe njght-bn-dVk . uneasy deepen start In semi-wakef i they know not why ! "•' Along the lonefcet a lurid light" Gleams from tH«ip V of .a distant house ; ( lis perhaps A^er Trearied of the night.) 1 But hark ! WhljafctLat? What meaus^*~ *- « that cry 1 • •> " Which eonsternitrikesin every breAt '•'• 'tis Fire I . I :;■ . - J^^ The Fire " King'L with all his flanuPr* -- host, 1 , : */**■• To sweep away ot eSj perhaps our lives ! Each moment- sl^ is force ■ the ' very Wlllds .1 ;■: '." .„ "■* Fly wildly to hisl| speed t h e fight ! -• House after hous|i ilest structure mad. Falls toppling doA re the dreatlM se - ) lhe frantic niothf^es up her babe And rushesmadlyij^e surgingflames! JneSPfT Y SWO0 P- nis labors | m,nUiFli^ecoAvard<s^ foedem^^B- f T ArS^ tric ke^flvT this ' dr^ a P d Xin 8 f i?"tl#urag eous ]i a iantic dread ? I /p#B drive" th P^nd ready wills I ? '■_'■' Vader's footsteps M ■ip 1^ hearts, ODI Herve your hands, M j f tS c ' r tbat flanking ? ™? '.down, tl Thxlnh?J l ' O \ t]ie centre no^ J i mf tftnnHßg^ d hedge him f I «f\ d ;es { •. ±ae ■*«« ting yields and- ' . 1 / is but a pictn • : Wtr^r- ' Wv