THE BROWNIES IN CANADA.

No blame would be attached to those
Who did the daring scheme propose.
That night, before the moon grew pale
And hid behind a western veil,

Or stars a sign of falling showed,

The daring Brownies took the road.

 

With cunning minds the travelers planned
To keep along the northern strand,
Until they skirted Baffin’s Bay,

And Labrador behind them lay ;

Then trust a raft and favoring breeze
To take them o’er dividing seas,

Till on some point of Europe cast,

The band would find themselves at last.
An easy task it seems, no doubt,

To mark a course for others out,

And every one will understand

Who ventures out by sea or land,

That such a*trip would have at best
Some trials that would courage test.

It seemed to argue want of sense,

But in the Brownie band’s defense
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