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 THE HERO.

[The following incident took place during the great conflagration in the city of New York, on the cold night of December 16th, 1836.]

! fearful was the sight! The fire devouring spread From roof to roof, from street to street, And on their treasures fed; Hark! to that Mother's cry Amid the tumult wild, As rushing toward her flame-wrapped home, She shrieks, "My child! my child!"