The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-03-24
VOL. Ill.
MILLER's WORLD ON FIRE!

was sitting in a warm, neat little room enjoy
ing first-rate regaia segar, with my head thrown
back in a contemplative position, and my heels
mounted on the mantle, when had one of Par
son Miller's visions, in which saw the confagra-
ton of the universe. had just swallowed his
prophecy, like many other good people, aud while
was dgesting it, | saw with his eyes and heard
verc, witnessed the following grand, glorious,
and sublime scene, and my imagination took the
following brilliant and beautiful fight
The Heav'ns were parted: on his golden throne
The angel Gabriel sat and sigh'd alone
That when his voice should roll around the sky
Creation must in reeking ruins lie;
a moment sighed DER mans unhappy doom,
Der natures wreck, and her terrific tomb;
He snatch'd his trump and starting from his seat
Ten thousand thunders rolling at his feet
He blew blast that Ger creation spread,
Rent tombs aud rous'd the nations of the dead;
And while he swore creations clock sublime
Should toll no more the mighty march of time;
Dark caves and caverns ecnoed back the roar,
And ocean rold her millions TO the shore!
Then Gabriel siezd a brand with giant grace,
And hurld it blazing thro' unboundel space;
The angels at the golden gates above,
let fall their harps and fled to mighty Jove:
Who midst the gods, now gaz'd with awful ire,
Upon creation, kinJling in one fire;
Wild shrieks and screams from all the earth arise
And in one yell ran roaring round the skies;
From heart to heart the mighty terror ran,
And man aifrighted card for help on man;
'Fhe worlds on fire = ten thousand voices cried:
Save US! oh, save us' millions more replied.
] locke d, and 10! to my astonish'd gaze,
thAY,g anil l. 1. =
A million fragments lam'd the hcav' ms around
Ten thousand thunders shook the vast profound
The grooming globe, from its attraction drvn
And wrapt in one wild food of fame was drv'n
With all its shTieking millions thro' the gloom,
TO melt and mouider in great Natures tomb
From star to star saw the flames arise
Like lightning leaping up the vaulted skies;
Or like wild comets glittering in my gaze,
Till all creation bursed in one blaze;
One groan of anguish by the earth was eivn,
One shout of horror from the host of Heaven;
And cen the gods upon their golden thrones,
With terror tremblcd at the dreadful groans
OF dying Nature Oh, the awful sight!
To see world burst on word--one urid light
llluminc all that wide spread sea Of glass,
Melting and 'ningIing in one mighty mass;
To see the millions that were writing there
And hear the shr;eks in pcnitence and pray'r!
Terrific scene! The gods in grandeur safe
And silent mourn'd their melancholy fate;
Great Jovc himself of men tn immortal sire,
Surveyed the mighty ruins wrapt in fire,
And sigh'd, as DER Creations vault he ieant,
Where suns and systems in one blaze were bent
That man by dscbcdience thus had brought
Yhe wreck of worlds, and his own ruin wrought!
! lcok'd again from whence loud thunders came
And the whole Heavens were wrapt in floods Of
hlme;
The gods aiirishte1 from their thrones had fed
All but the mighty jove-iround him spread
The sea of iire-creaton crumbng fell,
In one red ruin pleading hot as hell;
World upon world like melted metal pour'd,
And down thu vast abyss of ruin roar'd;
| saw the skies in flaming fragments fall,
And one eternal night encircled all
Starting, woke and strange indeed to tell
The segar had smoked moment, fell
And set my shirt on fire ! and this 'twoud seem
Had been the cause of all my dreadful dream;
As gnoj cause, | think, and dream rs true
AS Miers was--or will be-dont you, too