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No huin;-ii) effort.^ could avail
To quench Lho insidious llame.

The bz:d news quickly reached the deck,
It s■ :icL,_1 [L'oii] ,:j> to .ip,
And ghastly'' fac^s everywhere
Looked from the doomed ship.
“ Is there no hope;1"-— no chance of life?1’
A hundred lip> implore ;
,J l>ut one," the captain made reply,
” To run tlk: shir)2 n:i shore/’

A sa:lor, who.se heroic soul
That hour should ye': reveal—
B y name John Maynard, eastern born—
Stood calmlyn at the wheel.
ITead her southeast! ” the captam .shout??
Above Uie smothered roar,
“ IJ L-^ricl her southeast without delay [
Make for the nearest shore I:f

iNo terror" pales the helmsman's cheek,
Or clouds his dauntles.5 eye,
A s iu a sailor's mi;as tired tone
11 is voice responds, "A y , A y ! 1
Three hundred soms— the steamer's freight—-
Crowd forward wild with fear,
While at the stem11 the dreadful hames
Above the dcck appear,

Jolm Maynard watched1,1 the neanng flames,
But still, with steady har;d
He g raced the wheel,11 and steadfastly
He steered the ship to land.
"John May Hard/1 with an anxious voice,