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Title: 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

Author: Maria L. Stewart

Release Date: September 15, 2008 [EBook #26626]

Language: English

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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
members of the Sabbath-School before whom they were read, and were not
intended for publication. At the urgent request of many friends,
however, I have been induced to present them to the public in their
present form._

_M. L. S._

CONTENTS

OUR LITTLE BROWN HOUSE.
SUPPLEMENT.
GRAND CELEBRATION.

[Illustration: 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.

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.

It's a very smal