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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 113

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and there a blow,And tier on tier it seemed to grow, 6o6 THE BROWNIES VOYAGE. [June, Until, with all its rigs and stays,It sat prepared to leave the ways.It but remained to name it now.And break a bottle on her bow,To knock the wedges from the side,And from the keel, and let it slide. But, as when… … And when it rode upon the sea,The Brownies thronged the deck with glee,And veering round in proper style,They bore away for Orkney Isle. But those who will the ocean braveShould be prepared for wind and wave ;For storms will rise, as many know,When least we look for squall or blow.And soon the sky…

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