"Omnes res creatae sunt divinse sapientioe et potentijc testes, divitiac felicitatis 

 hunianjc: — ex liarmii usu Ao;/j7asCreatoris; ex pulchritudino ^rt^/f/i^j'a Domini ; 

 ex oecononiiA in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potcntia niajestatis 

 elucet. Earuin itaqiie indagatio ab lioniinibus sibi relictis semper sestiinata ; 

 A vere eruditis et sapicntibus semper exeulta; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 ininiioa fiiit." — Linn\€1'9. 



"Quel que soit le prinoipe de la vie animale, il no faut qu'ouvrir lesyeux pour 

 Toir qu'elle est le chef-d'oeuvre de la Toute-puissance, et le but auquel se rappor- 

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bhucknek, Tk6orie du Systeme Animal, Leydon, 

 17G7. 



Tlie sylvan povrers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



The Di-yads come, and throw their garlands mid 



And odorous brandies at our feet ; the Nymphs 



That press with nimble step the mountain-thyme 



And purple heath-flower come not empty-handed, 



But scatter round ten thousand forms minute 



Of velvet moss or lichen, torn from rock 



Or rifted oak or cavern deep: the Naiads too 



Quit their loved native stream, from whose smooth face 



They crop the lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the rippling tide: the frozen poles. 



Where peril waits the bold adventurer's tread, 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



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