THE BROWNIES IN EGYPT.

 

 

 

Nor worried by the warlike horde
That from some neighboring country poured.

Around the stone sarcophagus
Of some old king who had a muss,
No doubt, with prophets in his day,
At hide-and-seek they stopped to play.
Said one, as he with thoughtful mien
Looked round upon the somber scene:
‘““No better place could Brownies find
To hide away from humankind.

If we had time to study out

The statements chiseled all about,

You ’d find each casket is supplied

With tales about the one inside.

Perhaps he stood with shading hand

To watch his legions leave the land,

And shouted to them in his wrath

To follow in the Hebrews’ path.

But waves that had been long controlled

By mighty power now inward rolled;

With foaming crests they barred the way

Like lions leaping on their prey,

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