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The brownies around the world (1894)

Cox, Palmer, 1840-1924 · New York, The Century co · leaf 131

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The wave-washed walls they gazed uponThat held the Prisoner of ChillonSo many years, while by his sideIn fetters fast his brothers died.They boldly ventured down the stairTo see the chains he used to wear, 114 … THE BROWNIES IN SWITZERLAND. And mark the narrow dungeons boundIn which al last he moved around ;They paced it hack and Eorth to findTo whal a vault he was consigned,And thoughl how well the poets penMas made his sufferings known to men.The narrow window they surveyedTo which the bird its visit…

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