Wednesday, December 2, 2015

A Brave Youth



The boy stood on the burning roof,
     Whence all but him had fled;
He calmly looked upon the scene,
     With naught of fear or dread.
The people called, he would not go,
     The flames rolled like a sea;
When, horrors! In the fire he fell, –
     A clothing sign was he.



Dec. 2, ‘95
B. Courier,
Mar. 8, ‘96



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