ORIGINAL POETRY.
ONLY A COMMON MAN.
All, all is hushed ; with stealthy tread The monster moves around ; cares for those poor souls in bed, In deepest slumber bound. With ghastly face and listening ear He plies the fatal light ; To be found there, his only fear : Oh God ! a dreadful sight. 'Tis done ; the hellish work is past; Unto the midnight skies, Borne upward by the raging blast, Devouring flames arise. At earliest dawn upon the ground, Amongst the ashes cold, A charr'd and shapeless trunk is found The fearfal tale is told. And glancing at his victim there, The murderer thus began : For such as he I gave no^care, He was a common man. Oh ! Better far that lifeless clay Now_ prone upon the ground," Than live for ever and a day, Such treacherous, craven hound. Some brother, friend, or parent clear, May mourn the hapless dead ; For such as thee, no falling tear, Shall o'er thy dust be shed. irTi..i.., ..■.,.■■. .. Censor.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume V, Issue 1427, 23 March 1872, Page 3
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163ORIGINAL POETRY. Wanganui Herald, Volume V, Issue 1427, 23 March 1872, Page 3
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