Boys at home . BOYS AT HOME. CHAPTER I. Dread desolation! floods on floods appear Oerwhelming with destructive power;High swelling waters gathering near Foretell the terrors of each winds with fury roar, While urging on the torrents force,Their hollow Toices oer and oer Resound amidst its rapid course. See fertile fields and lands oerflowed, And brightly blooming gardens lost;Where his rough hands their labour showed, The industrious peasants pride and boasL AKON. It was on an evening at the commencement of theChristmas holidays that a family party were assembled ina spacious r
Boys at home . BOYS AT HOME. CHAPTER I. Dread desolation! floods on floods appear Oerwhelming with destructive power;High swelling waters gathering near Foretell the terrors of each winds with fury roar, While urging on the torrents force,Their hollow Toices oer and oer Resound amidst its rapid course. See fertile fields and lands oerflowed, And brightly blooming gardens lost;Where his rough hands their labour showed, The industrious peasants pride and boasL AKON. It was on an evening at the commencement of theChristmas holidays that a family party were assembled ina spacious room in a comfortable house, standing in aretired village not far from a large commercial town in oneof the midland counties. The air was cold and piercing without, and dense cloudsdriving rapidly through the sky, foreboded a coming storm;the wind blew in hollow gusts, making the shelter of thesubstantial house doubly welcome. Lamps were burningbrightly, and a large fire sent its cheering light through BOYS AT H
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