While some who strove their friends to aid,
Upon the floor themselves were laid,
To spread confusion there awhile,
As large and larger grew the pile.
Some rose with fingers out of joint,
Or black and blue at every point;
| And few but felt some portion sore, From introductions to the floor. But such mishaps were lost to sight, Amid the common wild delight,— For little plaint do Brownies make O'er bump or bruise or even break. |
But stars at length began to wane,
And dawn came creeping through the pane;
And much against the will of all,
The rogues were forced to leave the hall.
THE BROWNIES AT THE SEASIDE.
ithin a forest dark and wide, Some distance from the ocean side, A band of Brownies played around On mossy stone or grassy mound, Or, climbing through the branching tree, Performed their antics wild and free. |