PLEASURES OF ORNITHOLOGY. 43 



The tamer of the fierce — of sympathy 

 The nurse ; to Thee his last, his closing strain 

 The minstrel offers. Hallow*d be thy name, 

 Thy footsteps, dwelling midst the Sons of Men ! 

 What though the winds shall whistle o'er the sod 

 Where sleeps the bard ; what though no sculptur'd 



tomb 

 His name proclaim; what though perchance that wawf* 

 Shall perish on the earth ; yet shall the Thought, 

 Prompted by Thee, and Usefulness and Truth, 

 By highest aim — the Happiness of all — 

 For EVER live ; excite Earth's future sons 

 To soar beyond her trifles and her toys ; 

 The strife which tears, the wrath which wounds the soul ; 

 While Hope, prophetic of a Future Time — 

 When streams of Knowledge, from perennial springs. 

 Shall widely o'erflow and fructify the earth. 

 And plenteous harvests Happiness create — 

 Proclaims, Benevolence shall rule the World! 



Approach Ye promis'd days ! be swift your steps. 

 To bring such everlasting blessings ! those which erst. 

 Have Prophets, and have Sages, too, foretold ; 

 When, like the Halcyon's (') brooding on the sea. 

 To peace and happiness shall all be soothed ; 

 When man no more against his brother man 



(^) Alcedo is/>ida, or King-fisher. See Ormithologia > 

 page 171. 



