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THE BURNING OF STOUGHTON.

BY SIR W-LT-R SC-TT.

NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED

Doth break from the assembled crowd,

And roll along the heaven;

For slowly, and with bearing proud,

Comes Steamer No. 7.

Now up the stairs the students surge,

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A ladder trembles on the verge

Of Stoughton's sturdy roof.

The hose is on, the waters fly;

Fearless and fierce the firemen cry,

"Ho! Freshmen, stand aloof!"

Now fall the muddy streams like rain,

And clothes of nobby Juniors stain,

Yet fight they none the less.

O'er foaming hose and winding stair,

Mid all the watery tumult there,

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