FIG. 159. Louis AGASSIZ : ZOOLOGIST. 1807-1873 



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 manuscripts 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 universe. 



And wherever the way seemed long 



Or his heart began to fail, 

 She would sing a more wonderful song, 

 Or tell a more wonderful tale. 



HENRY W. LONGFELLOW 



in The Fiftieth Birthday of Agassiz 



