THE BROWNIES IN ENGLAND.

Showed some Sir Knight had sure enough
In Palestine found usage rough.
They chained
each other
to the wall,
They tried the
thumb-screws,

     
   

   

  
   

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So they might
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schooled
In what went on when tyrants ruled.

 

  

They crowded some into a hole
Where not a ray of daylight stole
To cheer the heart or show the face
Of those who languished in the place.
Behind the shields
that turned aside
The weapons that
the Paynim plied,
They ran for
refuge when
some sound
Would spread a sudden

 

fear around.
‘They found some arms and for a while
Marched here and there in soldier style,
Some carrying an ancient blade,

And some the latest weapon made.
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