LATER WORKS AND FRIENDSHIPS 175 



the study window of Rev. F. O. Morris, Nunburn- 

 holme Rectory." The lines flow thus : 



" Trust him, ye gentle birds, of various wing ; 



Flock to his window, flutter round your friend : 



Through these inclement days ye may depend 

 On his prompt hand the punctual crumbs to bring. 

 And oh ! remember when, in sunny spring, 



Your earliest lays to bounteous heaven ascend, 



Some grateful notes for Christmas fare to blend, 

 And at your patron's casement sweetly sing. 

 For not alone when gusts of winter blow 



He loves you, but through all the changing year ; 

 To his kind care thanks manifold you owe ; 



His voice secures for you a nation's ear ; 

 Then trust him when the air is thick with snow, 



And warble to him when the skies are clear." 



The inspiring cause which kindled the poetic 

 fancy in the other example which I will give was 

 the sight of the collections of butterflies arranged in 

 Mr. Morris's cabinets. The thoughts evoked by the 

 examination of these specimens of Nature's handi- 

 work, in all their variegated forms and colours, found 

 expression in the following words : 



" In ordered sequence and of rainbow dyes, 



Rank after rank they passed before my view, 

 Our British butterflies bright with each hue 



Of autumn leaf, fair flower, or sunset skies, 



Prismatic tints they flash upon our eyes 



From yonder Light of lights, Divine and true, 

 Who lends an insect's wing its gold or blue 



Or purple, which all art of man outvies. 



Thus yearly have these winged blooms unfurled 

 Their streaks and stains, each after its own kind, 



Since first they fluttered o'er the new-made world, 

 Tiny reflections of the Eternal Mind, 



