East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-09-06

The world is growing cold and dark,
My icy limbs are stiif and stark,
My blood is freezing fast-but bark
What means that awful scream1
Soft ~ Did dream2 rfgF
Methought heard n woman shrek,
And on the wild air black and bleak
Her cries for help rung like-her cheek
feel its touch-'tis she It's she :! e.
Heavens am dying? 9 n
Listen!
See the fends in the air,
See their eyes how they glare,
How they glisten
Hither and ththcr they are flying,
Quick Quick y
Thro' the darkness tuey are hieing,
And they toll mo l am dying,
They are lying, they are lying, they are lying,
% ltayFr Ha; h@, ha
What was sayingl
Ny mind was strayins,
And felt pain ,.t III
Hero in my heart,
But twill soon depart t.l
There, l am well again,
This is not home. dwell not here;
That river Of hre that pail, that bier,
Are not for me- tIf
Steadily, steadily over the waves
Over the waves Of FIRE
The white boat glides
Like bird she rides
Over the waves OF fire,
1es II On the seethng sea,
How the billows howl, and laugh aud rave,
Beyond the rver. beyond the grave,
Upon the breast Of the burning sea
How the red rocks blaze in the lnshing wave
That is yearning for me
But, bark, cry
Rends the dark, dead sky,
-Fire Fire
Devils In legions and hordes they pour,
And chuclIle and dance on the lurid shore,
Their mockery maddcns the dcafenng roar
Oftho great red sea.
And see
What pepple are those 4 Stranen nfnf'le
Gathered IN couples together, .s1f IT
With bodies like snakes, and as Shiny; tf
Red horns ON their heads, and oyes dart
Sulphuric Aashes continuous s-t.F.
They mingie and talk, with each other
Converse, but their tongues are protruding,
And blood from their nostrils d dripping,
Green serponts are twining among them,
And kissing their checks in dcrision. Z
strange people, indeed for they feed ON
The flesh of their fellows and kindred
Torn up from the grave for their stomachs;
They feed on the dead and dying.
On flesh that decayed is. and rotten.
The vultures arc lowered about III EN-,
Great birds with two heads and with one head
Wolves, tigers and dogs are assembled
To join ia the reyels and feasting-T
A feast for the gods, by my reason! 80
The banquet is begun,
Ono by one,
Fiends and devils coming or,
Swell the throng and their song
Raises upward, loud and strong
Leaping. gnawing, dancing,
Howlng, laughing, prancing,
From their eyes the rod fire gancing
Casts a sickly, ghost.Y glare ON all around;
Tho roverbrating yell
OF this concOurso foul and fen,
This neungerie of.heli, sit sifAW
Rocks the clements and splits the very ground,
will join at the feast and DO merry,
o, boatmen, spccdquick Ger the ferry,
But hist cringe, y crash, a wreck
A leak. the flames rush in I!
To tho deck!
That was death-like shock. y ~
o, II is dire
To drown in FIRE, .erN
We are sinking, we are sinking.
Land no too late, too late
az The bright liquid wc are drinking,
And we die, q, shameless fate
Man the life boat! lila, hs, ha
f+H 4 pttei shie, sMc, rF.+
'ifff'@ Out Of tho wreck ;.
II is but speck
On the red barren waste, far away,
And we proudly float,
~, In our proud little boat, 80,
To the Itio beyond the hot Kissing bay ~ i}si
i' steadily, steadily ovor tho wayos,l
Over the river of fire, To
On the fiery sea,
Over the dead and over their graves,
Over the tomb that the white fire lavcs,
over the river offre,
Us, To.tbe fricrrls that are waiting for nc
A Ettle while, and on the swelteTing strand,
Amidimpassioncd hends, prince III stand,
Ha Eyeninow tho boat has touched the shore,
Farewell, ye merry crew, forever morei n
Hail, happy fends come, come
o, give mo welcome 10 my chosen homo, ID,
l come--but ah, that pang--te join your sport, :
But one pang morc--I comc--safe, safe in port