THE BROWNIES IN THE POLAR REGIONS.

Would find themselves through jolt or twist
A mile behind ere they were missed.

But do not think the band would press
Ahead and leave them in distress—

No; quick as they could bring about

A halt, they ’d answer to the shout

Of those who for a time were placed

 

Alone upon the dreary waste.
For brothers from one trundle-bed,
Who at one dish have broken bread
Before a proud and loving mother,
Are not more prompt to aid each other
Than are the Brownies to assist
The poorest member on the list.
Thus on they went o’er plain and hill
Without a thought of change until
They reached a milder clime that gave
More freedom to that northern wave.
On cakes of ice that floated free
The Brownies then put out to sea,
To cross a gulf or open bay
That in the line of travel lay.
Said one: “ We ’ve been on boats before,
And on a raft two weeks or more,
With only slippery logs to keep
Us from the monsters of the deep,
A And thought the trials falling fast
SLEDS, Around us ne’er could be surpassed,
In Denes dane But when one comes to take a trip

 

Hearts are often warm . :
aanckend. Upon an iceberg for a ship,
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