^'Oinnes res creatae sunt divinae sapientiae etpotentise testes, divitiae felicitatis 

 humanse: — ex harum usu bonitas Creatoris ; ex pulchritudine sapientia Domini; 

 ex ceconomia in conservatione, proportione, renovatione, potentia majestatis elucet. 

 Earum itaque indagatio ab hominibus sibirelictis semper aestimata; i verd eruditis 

 et sapientibus semper exculta ; mal6 doctis et barbaris semper inimica fuit." — 



LiNNiEUS. 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



The Dryads come, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorous branches 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 y 181S. 



FLAMMAM. 



