THE BROWNIES IN EGYPT.

More had their say, and praises laid

On those who planned and those who paid,
Until ’t was time to turn and seek

For something else of which to speak.

On pyramids of slippery stones,

That kings had built to hold their bones

Till they would need
The active Brownies

   

Up step by step,
They struggled nim-
High on the peak |
Enjoying free and
Commenting on the
They gained while
The daring band,
With wonders that
Found courage to
The dark interior
With torches to
They groped their
Sometimes they

 

 

 

 

their frame once more,
clambered o’er;
without a stop,

bly to the top.

for hours they sat,
friendly chat,

prospect fair

perched so high in air.
not satisfied

appeared outside,

pass through a door,
to explore.

dispel the gloom

way from room to room;
tumbled in a cell,

Sometimes across a mummy fell,
And by the mishap broke the crust
And scattered wide the sacred dust.

A hundred feet beneath the

The royal sepulchers were found,
Where safe beneath a massive lid
The monarchs lay for centuries hid,
Not troubled by the overflow
Of mighty rivers stretched below,

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