THE BROWNIES IN THE POLAR REGIONS.

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Some on its back a station found

' And by the horns would steer it round
yg Without the use of curb or rein

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Or cruel instrument
of pain,
As if a wondrous
charm controlled
The beast however
strong or old.
While of the space
from head to tail
The Brownies did
_ themselves avail,
And, though smooth
saddles were denied,
Endured the hardships of the ride.
More tied the reindeer to a sled

 

And thus across the country sped.
Sometimes well matched, an even span,
With even whiffletree they ran:
Sometimes a tandem team they flew
And gave the driver much to do,
And shook the sled until its load
Was spilling out along the road.
Away, away with flying feet
Would go the snorting courser fleet,
O’er level plains and icy piles,
Till many, many hundred miles

- Behind the daring band would slip

Without the use of snapping whip.
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