THE philosophy of spirit must develop itself out of the philosophy of 

 Nature, as doth the flower out of the stem. For Nature is the spirit 

 analyzed and at rest, which we can handle at our pleasure. It does 

 not appear only for an instant, but, as stone, air, and such like entities, 

 abideth alway, as if to solicit and preserve us for its investigation. 



OKEN: Biology. 



FOR us the winds do blow, 

 The earth doth rest, heaven move, and fountains flow. 



Nothing we see but means our good, 

 As our delight, or as our treasure : 



The whole is either our cupboard of food 

 Or cabinet of pleasure. 



The stars have us to bed ; 

 Night draws the curtain which the sun withdraws. 



Music and light aitend our head : 

 All things unto our FLESH are kind, 



In their descent and being ; to our MINP, 

 In their ASCENT and cause. 



More servants wait on man 

 Than he'll take notice of. In every path 



He treads down that which doth befriend him 

 When sickness makes him pale and wan. 



Oh, mighty love ! Man is one world, and hath 

 Another to attend him I 



GEORGE HERBERT. 



