64 BOTANY. 



VI. 



But not alone for pleasure's sake, 



We search the thicket, copse, and brake, 



Or rove from clime to clime ; 

 Nor yet for the abundant store 

 Of plants, that fragrant balsams pour, 

 Whether they deck the valleys o'er, 



Or mountain's brow sublime. 



VII. 



'Tis that with scientific eye 

 We explore the vast variety, 



To find the hidden chaim ; 

 'Tis to allay the fever's rage. 

 The pang arthritic to assuage, 

 To aid the visual nerve of age, 



And fell disease disarm. 



