268 JOHN DUNCAN, WEAVER AND BOTANIST. 



a true saying of the wise king, when he made a remark 

 upon the slothful. He says * I went by the field of the 

 vineyard of the man void of understanding, and, lo, it was 

 all grown over with thorns and nettles/ Now, in the land of 

 Canaan [" ceannind "] vines were as plentiful in their gardens 

 as our green kale is in Scotland [" cotclnd "]. But I shall 

 add little more. 



" l Is there a heart that beats and lives 

 To which no joy the spring time gives ? 

 Alas, in that unfeeling heart 

 No love nor kindliness hath part. 

 Who round about him finds, unsought, 

 Fresh matter for improving thought, 

 And more, the more he looks abroad : 

 He marks and loves the present God ! ' " 



