...roof should fall. Back, Robins, back ! Crump, stand aloof ! Whitford, keep near the walls ! Huggins, regard your own behoof, For, lo ! the blazing rocking...th' astonish'd crowd. At length the mist awhile was clear' d, When, lo ! amid the wreck uprearM, Gradual a moving head appear'd, And Eagle firemen knew...

...roof should fall. Back. Robins, back ! Crump, stand aloof! Wrhitford, keep near the walls ! Hugging, regard your own behoof, For, lo! the blazing rocking roof Down, down in thunder fulls ! An awful pause succeeds the stroke, And o'er the ruins volumed smoke, Rolling around its pitchy...

...roof should fall. Back, Robins, back! Crump, stand aloof! Whitford, keep near the walls ! Huggins, regard your own behoof, For lo ! the blazing rocking...lo ! amid the wreck uprear'd, Gradual a moving head appear'd, And Eagle firemen knew : 'Twas Joseph Muggins, name revered, The foreman of their crew. Loud...

...roof would fall. Back, Robins, back ! Crump, stand aloof ! Whitford, keep near the walls ! Huggins, regard your own behoof, For lo ! the blazing, rocking...ruins volumed smoke, Rolling around its pitchy shroud, Concealed them from th' astonished crowd. At length the mist awhile was cleared, When, lo ! amid the...

...the roof would fall. Back, Robins, back; Crump, stand aloof! Whitford, keep near the walls ! Huggins, regard your own behoof, For lo ! the blazing rocking...ruins volumed smoke, Rolling around its pitchy shroud, Concealed them from th' astonished crowd. At length the mist awhile was cleared, When, lo! amid the...

...the firemen of the Eagle Insurance Company and the raging element consuming the Drury-lane Theatre. "An awful pause succeeds the stroke, And o'er the...ruins volumed smoke, Rolling around its pitchy shroud, Concealed them from the astonished crowd. At length, the mist a while was cleared, When, lo ! amid...

...the roof would fall. Back, Robins, back; Crump, stand aloof! Whitford, keep near the walls ! Huggins, regard your own behoof, For lo ! the blazing rocking roof Down, down, in thunder falls l An awful pause succeeds the stroke, And o'er the ruins volumed smoke, Rolling around its pitchy shroud,...

...stand aloof t Whitford, keep near the walls ! Huggins, regard your own behoof, For, lo ! the blnziug rocking roof Down, down in thunder falls ! An awful...Rolling around its pitchy shroud, Conceal'd them from the astonish'd crowd. At length the mist awhile was clear'd, When lo ! amid the wreck uprear'd, Gradual...

...the roof would fall. Back, Eobins, back; Crump, stand aloof! Whitford, keep near the walls ! Huggins, regard your own behoof, For lo ! the blazing rocking...succeeds the stroke, And o'er the ruins volumed smoke, Eolling around its pitchy shroud, Concealed them from th astonished crowd. At length the mist awhile...

...roof should fall. Back, Eobins, back ! Crump, stand aloof! Whitford, keep near the walls ! Huggins, regard your own behoof, For lo ! the blazing, rocking...succeeds the stroke, And o'er the ruins volumed smoke, Boiling around its pitchy shroud, Conceal'd them from the astonish'd crowd. At length the mist awhile...