Mr. Burbank in his library. 



"And Nature, the old nurse, took 



The child upon her knee, 

 Saying, 'Here is a story book 



Thy Father has written for thee/ 



'Come, wander with me,' she said, 



'Into regions yet untrod; 

 And read what is still unread 



In the manuscript of God.' 



And he wandered away and away 



With Nature, the dear old nurse, 

 Who sang to him night and day 



The rhymes of the \miverse. 



And whenever the way seemed long, 



Or his heart began to fail, 

 She would sing a more wonderful song, 



Or tell a more wonderful tale." 



LONGFELLOW. 



