The doomed city! Chicago during an appalling ordeal! : the fire demon's carnival : the conflagrations in the West, South and North divisions : graphic sketches from the scene of the disaster . SHOWma THE Burnt District. Hear the loud alarum bells— Brazen bells!What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells !In the startled ear of nightHow they scream out their affright!Too much horrified to speak,They can only shriek, of tune,In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire,In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire,Leaping higher, higher, higher,With a desperate des
The doomed city! Chicago during an appalling ordeal! : the fire demon's carnival : the conflagrations in the West, South and North divisions : graphic sketches from the scene of the disaster . SHOWma THE Burnt District. Hear the loud alarum bells— Brazen bells!What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells !In the startled ear of nightHow they scream out their affright!Too much horrified to speak,They can only shriek, of tune,In a clamorous appealing to the mercy of the fire,In a mad expostulation with the deaf and frantic fire,Leaping higher, higher, higher,With a desperate desireAnd a resolute endeavor,Now—now to sit or the side of the pale-faced , the bells, bells, a tale their terror tellsOf despair!How they clang, and clash, and roar,What a horror they outpourOn the bosom of the palpitating air!
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