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THE HERO.
[The following incident took place during the great conflagration in the city of New York, on the cold night of December 16th, 1836.]
Ah! fearful was the sight!
The fire devouring spread
From roof to roof, from street to street,
And on their treasures fed;
Hark! to that Mother's cry
Amid the tumult wild,
As rushing toward her flame-wrapped home,
She shrieks, "My child! my child!"
