Through fife but few
can

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Without some touch
of woe,

THE BROWNIES IN CANADA.

To Ottawa went all the band

To view each edifice so grand,
To Hamilton, to Goderich, too,
That overlooks Lake Huron blue,
The Brownies took a hasty run

 

For observation and for fun.
Through streets that are Toronto’s pride
They hurried on with hasty stride,
Viewed banks, and buildings made to hold
The money which is good as gold.
Looked through each handsome court and square,
And market-place with special care.
My pen has not the space to praise
Each charming sight that drew their gaze
As on they hastened through the land
Enjoying scenes on every hand.
-Once while they halted to survey
A steep and grass-grown mound of clay,
Said one, “This marks an old redoubt
Where once the British kept lookout,
When Uncle Sam and Johnny Bull
Had their last interesting pull,
Or tug of war, as records show,
Now over eighty years ago.”
The Thousand Islands may be named
As something that attention claimed,
The broad St. Lawrence got its share
Of praise and observation there.
Said one, “ This river rolling free,

Between the chain of lakes and sea,
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