THE BROWNIES IN SCOTLAND.

Wild Caledonia, rich in scenes

Might well tax even Brownies’ means
Of getting round and seeing all

The places worthy of a call.

They traveled far and traveled wide,
To fields and mountains every side,

 

Ie sheuldiaive ste azure To lakes and streams, and castles strong
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While resting on a structure old

Which spanned a stream that swiftly rolled,
Said one: ‘This is the town of Ayr,

And this the bridge, I do declare,

To which the screeching witches came
When Tam O’Shanter was their game.

The kirk that stands beyond the trees

Is where they sallied out like bees,

And put the gray mare to her most

To save O’Shanter from a roast.

Close at his back, with shout and jeer,
They chased him to the keystone here,
But farther than this spot they dare
Not follow either Tam or mare.”

Then one, who measured with his eyes

 

The distance, thus expressed surprise :

“Tt puzzles me, that stormy night,

When roads were muddy, lightning bright,
And all the witches, howling mad,

Were at the time so lightly clad,

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