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characters, while new discoveries will awaken a train of 

 new ideas. The yellow blossoms of the morning, that 

 fold up their delicate leaves as the day advances ; others 

 that court and sustain the full blaze of noon ; and the 

 pale night-scented tribe, which expand, and diffuse their 

 very sweet fragrance, towards evening, will all please in 

 their turn. Though spring is the season of h^pe and 

 novelty, to a naturalist more especially, yet the. wise 

 provisions and abundant resources of Nature, in the 

 close of the year, will yield an observing mind no less 

 pleasure, than the rich variety of her autumnal tints 

 affords to the admirers of her external charms. The 

 more we study the works of the Creator, the more wis- 

 dom, beauty and harmony become manifest, even to our 

 limited apprehensions ; and while we admire, it is im- 

 possible not to adore. 



« Soft roll your incense, herbs, and fruits, and flowers, 



In mingled clouds, to Him, whose sun exalts, 



Whose breath perfumes you, and whose pencil painj;s !" 



