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i need a poem about chicago

2006-09-19 10:37:58 · 4 answers · asked by ramina s 1 in Local Businesses United States Chicago

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The Great Chicago Fire


The great Chicago Fire, friends,
Will never be forgot;
In the history of Chicago
It will remain a darken spot.
It was a dreadful horrid sight
To see that City in flames;
But no human aid could save it,
For all skill was tried in vain.

In the year of 1871,
In October on the 8th,
The people in that City, then
Was full of life, and great.
Less than four days it lay in ruins,
That garden City, so great
Lay smouldering in ashes,
In a sad and pitiful state.

It was a sad, sad scene indeed,
To see the fire arise,
And hear the crackling of the flames
As it almost reached the skies,
And sadder still, to hear the moans,
Of people in the flames
Cry for help, and none could get,
Ah, die where they remained.

To see the people run for life;
Up and down the blazing streets,
To find then, their escape cut off
By the fiery flaming sheets,
And others hunting for some friend
That perhaps they never found,
Such weeping, wailing, never was known,
For a thousands miles around.

Some people were very wealthy
On the morning of the 10th.
But at the close of the evening,
Was poor, but felt content,
Glad to escape from harm with life
With friends they loved so well,
Some will try to gain more wisdom,
By the sad sight they beheld.

Five thousand people were homeless,
Sad wanderers in the streets,
With no shelter to cover them,
And no food had they to eat.
They wandered down by the lake side,
Lay down on the cold damp ground,
So tired and weary and homeless,
So the rich, the poor, was found.

Mothers with dear little infants,
Some clinging to the breast.
People of every description
All laid down there to rest,
With the sky as their covering,
Ah, pillows they had none.
Sad, oh sad, it must have been,
For those poor homeless ones.

Neighboring Cities sent comfort,
To the poor lone helpless ones,
And God will not forget them
In all the years to come.
Now the City of Chicago
Is built up anew once more,
And may it never be visited
With such a great fire no more.

2006-09-19 10:47:19 · answer #1 · answered by Sam 3 · 0 0

Boston girls are pretty, New York girls are smart, but it takes a Chicago girl to win a fella's heart. Tampa girls are tan, Seattle girls got flow, but when you want the best looking girl, Chicago is where ya gotta go. LA Girls are wild, Dallas girls are fun, but a Chicago girl is a Chicago girl, come on, They're #1!!! Girls will be girls-North, South, East, West, but downtown Chicago girls always rate the best. To any man who reads this and truly wants to know: if you have a Chicago girl, you should never let her go!
-Anthony Robinson

2006-09-19 10:46:00 · answer #2 · answered by peanutbuttter 1 · 0 0

How about a song by Chicago?

2006-09-19 10:40:17 · answer #3 · answered by c.arsenault 5 · 0 0

http://carl-sandburg.com/chicago.htm

2006-09-19 10:45:39 · answer #4 · answered by VanessaM 3 · 0 0

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