202 iRambles wltb nature Students 



I love to view these things with curious eye. 



And moralise; 

 And in this wisdom of the Holly Tree 



Can emblems see, 



Wherewith perchance to make a pleasant rhyme, 

 One which may profit in the after-time. 



THE HOLLY. 



Thus, though abroad perchance I might appear 



Harsh and austere; 

 To those who on my leisure would intrude 



Reserved and rude : 



Gentle at home amid my friends I'd be, 

 Like the high leaves upon the Holly Tree.' 



OTOLITHS 



As the ground is frozen, and all nature seems 

 asleep at this wintry season, we must defer our 



