116 EMINENT NATURALISTS. 



" Come, wander with me, " she said, 



" Into regions yet imtrod, 

 And read what is still unread 



In the manuscripts of God ! " 



And he wandered away and away 

 With Nature, the dear old nurse, 



Who sang to him night and day 

 The songs of the universe. 



And whenever the way seemed long, 



Or his heart began to fail, 

 She would sing a more wonderful song, 



Or tell a more marvellous tale. 



So she keeps him still a child, 



And will not let him go, 

 Though at times his heart beats wild 



For the beautiful Pays de Vaud, 



Though at times he hears in his dreams 



The Ranz des Yaches of old, 

 And the rush of the mountain streams 



From glaciers clear and cold. 



And the mother at home says, "Hark! 



For his voice I listen and vearn ; 

 It is growing late and dark, 



And mv bov does not return ! " 



He possessed many admirable traits of character. 

 There was about him no vain ostentation, but in 

 manner he had a child-like naturalness which made 

 his society exceedingly instructive and agreeable. He 

 evidenced too at all times a reverent spirit. Deeply 

 did he realize the grandeur and uses of life ; and in 

 his investigations of the wonders of nature he felt 

 that he was searching out the thoughts of Grod. The 



