&quot; The gentle Mother of all 

 Showed me the lore of colors and of sounds ; 

 The innumerable tenements of beauty ; 

 The miracle of generative force ; 

 Far-reaching concords of Astronomy 

 Felt in the plants and in the punctual birds ; 

 Mainly, the linked purpose of the whole ; 

 And, chiefest prize, found I true liberty 

 The home of homed plain-dealing Nature gave/ 



RALPH WALDO ESIERSOX. 



