THE BROWNIES IN EGYPT.

And from a roof or neighboring height
Looked on the scene for half the night
And praised the enterprise of man
Who such a wondrous scheme could plan.
Said one: “Art came with pick and spade,
And thus a gap in nature made.
How many years and ages passed
Hre man devised a work so vast!
Still commerce sighed
from day to day
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Till M. de Lesseps planned a scheme
And brought the artificial stream
Whereon great ships can proudly ride
As when they plow the ocean tide,
Soon bearing home
their precious load
In safety by
the
shortest
road.”

      
    
  
    
     

   
   
  
 
  

   
   
  
   

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