. The brownies through the Union . THE BKOWNIES IN j^i^^llif^j -^ -^^^^ f A <^ S/^ ^ ^ ^ And overboard become a dishProvided for some hungry fish,The cunmng Bro^vnies managed still,With mystic power and wondrous skill,A hold on this or that to takeThat wind or water failed to who can guard against the shocksThat come to ships through sunken rocks,Or check the overturning rollWhen shifting cargoes gain control?Ah, many a ship both stanch and skilful craftsmen fashioned out,Lies at the bottom of the deep,A dismal anchorage to keep 93 THE BROWNIES IN ILLINOIS. Whe

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. The brownies through the Union . THE BKOWNIES IN j^i^^llif^j -^ -^^^^ f A <^ S/^ ^ ^ ^ And overboard become a dishProvided for some hungry fish,The cunmng Bro^vnies managed still,With mystic power and wondrous skill,A hold on this or that to takeThat wind or water failed to who can guard against the shocksThat come to ships through sunken rocks,Or check the overturning rollWhen shifting cargoes gain control?Ah, many a ship both stanch and skilful craftsmen fashioned out,Lies at the bottom of the deep,A dismal anchorage to keep 93 THE BROWNIES IN ILLINOIS. Where scaly creatures haunt the mazeOf wiuding, steep companionways,Or ghde thiough every narrow portlu cabins dark to hold their marvel not that Bro^vTiies foundThemselves in water, clinging roundThe craft that floated up and downFar out of sight of land or chance it drifted at a rateThat suited well then- ^v^•etched state,And soon their eyes beheld the shoreFrom which they d sailed some hours , giounding ere it reached the pier

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