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from troubled sleep in wild affright, What piercing screams disturb the peaceful night? List! 'tis a smother'd cry salutes mine ear, And now a stifled groan begets new fear,— I hear strange voices, and the hurrying tread Of many people; hark! they say "He's !" The gleam of crackling fire, with glare around, Adds to the horror of each dreadful sound; They call for water!—I can bear no more, Cold perspiration starts from every pore! With frenzied haste the window up I threw, A half-scorched body met my sickening view— The truth revealing, quick I turned away— Our neighbour Perkins killed his pig that day!



do things well, who never try; Right clever folks, those !