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From Farmer Harrington's Calendar	A
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MARCH	B
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Fire fire fire fire it sets me in a craze	C
To see a first class building all ablaze	C
A burning house resembles when I'm nigh	D
Some old acquaintance just about to die	D
For structures that a person often sees	E
Look some like human beings same as trees	E
There used to be some trees on my old place	F
That I'd know anywhere just by their face	F
And when last night some bells began to cry	D
And big fire engines rushed and rattled by	D
In just three minutes down the stairs I strode	G
And hurried somewhat dressed into the road	G
Partly to help a bit if so might be	H
And partly I suppose to hear and see	H
It was a dark and thunder stormy night	I
There wasn't one inch of honest sky in sight	I
Great black finned clouds were swimming through the air	J
And now and then their lightning eyes would glare	J
And like a lot of cannon far away	K
Some peals of thunder came from o'er the bay	K
'Twas one of those strange nights I can't explain	L
That make you think they're just a going to rain	L
But never do save now and then a trace	F
Of a small drop comes dashing on your face	F
One of those nights that try to keep you vexed	M
And wondering as to what will happen next	M
I like such times they kind of draw me nearer	A
To things unseen and make all mystery clearer	A
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I ran like sin and reached the fire at last	N
A good sized church was going pretty fast	N
I'd noticed it a hundred times or more	O
And several times had stepped inside the door	O
The burglar flames within had prowled around	P
A long time previous to their being found	P
Till they had gained such foothold and such might	I
They'd turned to robbers stealing plain in sight	I
The dome and spires had on them flags of red	Q
They soon came thundering down from overhead	Q
It looked as if infernal spirits came	R
To take this church away in smoke and flame	R
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I wondered in that wild expensive glare	J
How many of the home robbed flock were there	J
To see the shelter where their souls had fed	Q
Swept from existence by that broom of red	Q
Here was the family pew so long time prized	S
There was the font where they had been baptized	S
Here was the altar where one day they stood	T
Started for Heaven and promised to be good	T
Or where they'd wept around some cherished love	U
Who'd taken a letter to The Church above	U
And still I thought as my eyes soulward turned	V
How many things there are that can't be burned	V
But still we cling and cling and hate to part	W
With the place where we found them on the start	W
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A sneerish sort of fellow stood by me	H
And said To such extent as I can see	H
When churches get afire by night or day	K
The Lord stands still and lets 'em burn away	K
If this is His abode beyond a doubt	X
Why doesn't He raise his hand and put it out	X
Said I Young man please do not try to aid	Y
With your advice the mighty Power that made	Y
What little there is of you There are still	Z
Schemes you don't comprehend and never will	Z
You're talented I think but no one cares	A2
To have you help the Lord in His affairs	A2
Why probably right where that church has stood	T
There'll soon be built another twice as good	T
And some mean tight insurance company will	Z
Perhaps be made to pay more'n half the bill	Z
The Lord knows in these fool confounding scenes	B2
When to rebuild and where to get the means	B2
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He turned away his head exceeding far	C2
And lit a little bit of white cigar	C2
But gave to such extent as I could see	H
No more of his theology to me	H
I'm none too good but when men jeer and flout	X
I like to have them know what they're about	X

William Mckendree Carleton

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