Xll PREFACE. 



" There lie around] 

 Thy daily walk great store of beauteous things, 

 Each in its separate place most fair, and all 

 Of many parts disposed most skilfuUy, 

 Making in combination wonderful 

 An individual of a higher kind ; 

 And that again in. order ranging well 

 With its own fellows, till thou rise at length 

 Up to the majesty of this grand world ; — 

 Hard task, and seldom reached by mortal souls. 

 For frequent intermission and neglect 

 Of close communion with the humblest things ; 

 But in rare moments, whether memory 

 Hold compact with invention, or the door 

 Of heaven hath been a little pushed aside, 

 Methinks I can remember, after hours 

 Of unpremeditated thought in woods." 



