And grinned his fierce scorn on Chicago, doomed Queen of the North and the West.
VII.
Then swiftly the quick-breathing city,
The fearful and panic-struck city,
The startled and fire-deluged city,
Rushed back from the South and the West.
And loudly the fire-bells were clanging, and ringing their funeral notes;
And loudly wild accents of terror came pealing from thousands of throats;
And loud was the wagon's deep rumbling, and loud the wheel's clatter and creak;
And loud was the calling for succor from those who were sightless and weak;