HELVELLYN AND WHY 



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THE N EAR-TO-NATURE HOME NEAR HELVELLYN. 



This belongs to Miss Elnora S. Walker, one of The Agassiz Association's Corresponding Members. 



The much-loved remains of her master de- And, O, was it meet that— no requiem read 



fended. o'er him, 



And chased the hill-fox and the raven No mother to weep, and no friend to deplore 



away. him, 



And thou, little guardian, alone stretched be- 

 How long didst thou think that his silence f° re ^ im ~~ _., . ... , , , 



was slumber? Unhonored the Pilgrim from life should 



When the wind waved his garment, how oft depart. 



didst thou start? 

 How many long days and long nights didst When a prince to the fate of the peasant has 

 thou number yielded, 

 Ere he faded before thee, the friend of thy The tapestry waves dark round the dim- 

 heart? lighted hall. 



PARTICIPATING IX THE WEALTH OF HELVELLYN. 



From left to right: Dr. Franklin Freeman. Mr. Henry R. Howard, an A A Corresponding Member, and 



M i . Prosper Lazard. 



