PREFACE. XI 



Has been taken from amongst us ; 

 Spence the father of the science 

 That in humble guise thou teachest : 

 Seeing that this great and good man, 

 He, of all my brother teachers 

 The best qualified to judge thee, 

 Did so heartily approve thee, 

 I reprint thee as he read thee, 

 Neither alter nor amend thee. 



I, thy unacknowledged author. 

 Long have cherished thee and loved thee 

 I have marked thy pathway onwards, 

 I have marked thy progress upwards. 

 Time is come that I avow thee. 

 Go, then, on thy way rejoicing ! 

 Go and scatter all around thee 

 Olive leaves, sweet peaceful emblems ! 

 Drop them, silently as snowflakes. 

 On the hearts of those who read thee, 

 There to dwell and there to nestle, 

 Breathing influences holy ; 



