THE BROWNIES IN CANADA.

“A happy Brownie band are we,
Prepared for daring deeds,
We ramble boldly, far and free,
Wherever fancy leads.
For us the forest spreads its leaves
And throws a shade below,
For us its screen the ivy weaves,
And ferns and mosses grow.

The children strain

Their eyes in vain
To see a Brownie sprite,

For those that find .

The Brownie kind
Must have a second sight.

‘For us the plantain-leaves are wide
Enough to cover two,
For us the stars at eventide
Trim all their lamps anew.
And quickly we can slip away
When they forsake the sky,
Or keen, observing children stray
Around with prying eye.

We hide from all,

Both large and small,
By day as well as night.

Ah! none can see

A Brownie wee

Who has not second sight.”
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