" Omncs res creatae sunt divinse sapientiae et poteutiiE testes, divitife felicitatia 

 humanse : — ex barum usu bonitas Creatoris ; ex pulcbritudine sapient ia Domini ; 

 ex oeconomia in eonservatione, proportione, renovatione, potetitia majestatis 

 elucet. Earum itaqiie indagatio ab boniinibus sibi relictis semper a^stimata ; 

 a vere eruditis et sapientibus semper exculta ; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 inimica fuit." — LiNNiEUS. 



"Quel que soit le principe de la Tie animale, il ne faut qu'ourrir lesyeux pour 

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

 tent toutes ses operations." — Bruckner, Tkeoric du Systeme Animal, Leyden, 

 1767. 



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 Xymphs 



That press with nimble step the moimtain-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, 



WTiere peril waits the bold adventurer's tread. 



The burning sands of Boi'neo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay their cheerful tribute. 



J. Taylor, Norwich, 1818. 



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