THE BROWNIES IN JAPAN.

Some members riding there in state,
More bending down beneath the weight,
As up and down the lengthy road
They struggled with their heavy load.
But oft, as onward still, they ranged,
The situations would be changed,

And thus by many a shifting scene

All tried both ways the palanquin.

 

Again with parasols they ’d go

Along the road a lengthy row,

In imitation of the way

The people guard their heads by day,
And with their fans whene’er they please
Create an artificial breeze.

Sometimes they traveled through the land
With lanterns swinging in each hand, ©
To light them through a dangerous ground
Where trouble might their path surround.
At times they halted in surprise

Before an idol of large size,

And sometimes Brownies were not slow

Upon the towering form to go.
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