Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1859-03-04
From the Great Republic.
MICAH :

tne1n. ana many OF lHe nul InuTlHp Ile-
brcws now lie cold and lifeless. Moses
has been petitiored to intercede with that
Great Being whom they have offended;
but will his intercessions avail ; Is not
their God about to doom them all to
death? Fear and confusion reign trium-
phant.
Behold that young girl who rushes
from tent rear by; grief and horror in
her look, her long hair unbound, her
dress disordered ;-scarcc'y have the
folds of the entrance closed behind her,
when one of the Instruments of death
wings its flaming way towards her. Oh,
she is young and innocent May she
not be spared
Deep in the tender flesh the fiery fangs
re plunged, borne down by pain and
fright she sinks swooning on the ground.
While she thus lies, another form is seen
slowly approaching; this too is woman
young and beautiful, but with depths of
gloom in her dark eyes. she sees her
friend PROSTATE before her, and though
wounded herself, seeks to help her.
With uncertain steps she draws near the
spot; the deadly virus is in her veins,
and the thickcning blood labors heavily
through her oppressed and struggling
heart as she stoops to raise the uncon-
scious girl. The poor sufferer waking
once more to pain and anguish looks
wildly around her.
"Ah Mlcah.n she cries with a sob, as
she recognizes the face bending over
her, 81 am bitten by one of the serpents
OF Gods anger. Oh, save me, e,eanst thou
not save me, dear Micah: -
So she means and plains as the poison
creeps through her quivering form. On
Micah the virus has progressed farther
in its work-thc dcatA-Iikc pallor Of her
face, the swelling limbs, the frequent
glSpin5s for breath, Snow that too surely
death draws near; turning on Tirzah her
eyes, dafkening beneath the shadow of
death, she murmurs in hollow tones ::
God wrath falls heavily upon US. =
Ti!zah, for thee | could weep; for myself
have no tears; bitter is my heart; } eho :
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words, they are displeasing to our God.
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tween the mighty waters, until he come
among tae hosts of tho egyptians; then
would we have been buried together
beneath the waves. But my father. .eraeI
an unrelcntln9 forced me on-now he
lies buried in the wilderness, and for M
naught is left but to curse
Hold, Micah ! Let not thy lips
utter the words ofblasphemy. Oh, may
the Lord soften thy heart. II we mus