THE
BROWNIES IN TURKEY.

 

 

Ninte STAGE.

In Turkey there was much to view
That to the Brownie band
was new.
The buildings strange and towers
high
At once attracted every eye.
On every spire of wood or stone,
Or arching gate, the crescent shone; |
So not one moment could the band
Forget they trod the Sultan’s land.
The highest mosque and minaret
The Brownies climbed in hopes
to get
A bird’s-eye view of gardens fair,
And palaces that glittered there,
And ships that drifted to and fro
Or lay at anchor far below.
Said one: “To climb this filigree

Is harder than to climb a tree;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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