Our
Little Brown
House.
OUR LITTLE BROWN HOUSE;
A Poem of West Point.
WRITTEN FOR THE NEW YEAR'S FESTIVAL AT THE CADETS' SABBATH-SCHOOL
OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,
JANUARY 1, 1879,
AND READ ON THAT OCCASION BY
THE AUTHORESS, (M. L. S.)
NEW YORK:
PUBLISHED BY F. KALKHOFF, JR.
1880.
Copyright, by Maria L. Stewart, 1880.
The Moss Engraving Co.,
Engravers and Printers,
NEW YORK.
PREFACE.
These poems were prepared merely with the hope of interesting the membersof the Sabbath-School before whom they were read, and were notintended for publication. At the urgent request of many friends, however,I have been induced to present them to the public in their presentform.
CONTENTS
OUR LITTLE BROWN HOUSE.
SUPPLEMENT.
GRAND CELEBRATION.
OUR LITTLE BROWN HOUSE.
(Drawn by William Erwin.)
OUR LITTLE BROWN HOUSE.
There's a little brown house just under the hill;
It's not by the river, nor yet by a rill;
It's not on the green-sward where the gay and proud meet,
But it stands on the corner of Bandbarrack's street.
It's not by the river, nor yet by a rill;
It's not on the green-sward where the gay and proud meet,
But it stands on the corner of Bandbarrack's street.
This time-honored veteran, in armor complete,
Has stood many winters the storm and the sleet—
The early spring rains and the long summer heat,
The wear and the tear of a great many feet.
Has stood many winters the storm and the sleet—
The early spring rains and the long summer heat,
The wear and the tear of a great many feet.
It's a very small building, and plain in its way;
No high-toned paintings, not a thing that is gay;
It was built of the gun-house of Col Thayer fame,
During the years of the Delafield reign.
...
No high-toned paintings, not a thing that is gay;
It was built of the gun-house of Col Thayer fame,
During the years of the Delafield reign.
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