. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States . y them, forever, my love ! CONFLAGRATION OP THE LEXINGTON. 235 Ye living,—ah ! here is a picture for you More frightful than fancy can paint to your view: Rank, rank,—ah ! what is it ? let thought but portray This scene, and twill vanish like bubbles away ! And wealth,—ah ! the wealth of a Croesus would seem, With all its enchantments, a trifle, a dream ! The grades and distinctions, subsisting below, That raise, or depress us,—O, where are they now! The noble, the ignoble, the coward, the brave, Are lying, all equally low, in
. Steamboat disasters and railroad accidents in the United States . y them, forever, my love ! CONFLAGRATION OP THE LEXINGTON. 235 Ye living,—ah ! here is a picture for you More frightful than fancy can paint to your view: Rank, rank,—ah ! what is it ? let thought but portray This scene, and twill vanish like bubbles away ! And wealth,—ah ! the wealth of a Croesus would seem, With all its enchantments, a trifle, a dream ! The grades and distinctions, subsisting below, That raise, or depress us,—O, where are they now! The noble, the ignoble, the coward, the brave, Are lying, all equally low, in the grave! The highest, the proudest, the wealthiest, bow As low as the poorest, the lowliest, now! O, happy! thrice happy, is he in whose breastSweet innocence lodges her soft downy nest,—Who weds not the pleasures, and splendor, and show,That spread their enchantments so gaudy below;But, planting his holiest affections above,Reaps, even in hope, a rich harvest of love;And thus, let the summons be sudden or slow,He ever stands ready and willing to CONFLAGRATION OF THE PHOENIX, On Lake Champlain, on the Night of September 5,1819; wherein, owing to the Coolness and Self-Possession of the Commander, not a Sonl waslost. The steamboat Phcenix left Burlington September 5,and had proceeded as far as Providence Island, abouthalf way between Burlington and Plattsburgh, when,between 12 and 1 oclock at night, the alarm of firewas given. There were two small boats attached tothe Phcenix, which were immediately filled with pas-sengers; but the wind blowing violently from thenorth-west, they were not all enabled to embark, andsome few of them were obliged to jump overboard. Captain Johnson Sherman, who was the regularcommander of the Phcenix, was confined with a feverat Vergennes, and the boat at this time was com-manded by his son, Richard W. Sherman, a younggentleman, about twenty-two years of age; but who,amid the confusion, danger, and difficulties attendanton this terri
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