"Omnes res orowitjv sunt divinnc saiiiciilia- ot pdtontiiv lestcp, divilia' lelicilatis 

 liuinnino; — px Imnmi iisii /<('Mi7<t>< Croaloris; ex pulclirifiuline #rt^>/c«C/Vi Domini; 

 e\ troonoMiia in conporvationc, j>roportiono, rciiovationc, ■poteiitia niajestiitis 

 oliirot, Eaniin itaqiie inilapatio ab lioniinibiis sibi rclictis semper ;v9tiii;nta; 

 A verc fnulitie ct sapientibns semper exculUi; male doctis et barbaris semper 

 iiiiniicvt fiiit." — Linx^bi's. 



"Quel quo 8oit le priiicipe ilo> la vie animale, il nc faut (pi'oiivrir les yeux pour 

 roir qu'elle est \o clief-d'opuTre de la Toute-puissanco, et le but auquel se rappor- 

 tent toutes ses operations." — BuiicKNKit, Thcoric dti S;/deine Animal, I^cyden, 

 1767. 



The sylvan powers 



Obey our summons; from tlieir deepest dells 



Tiie Drvads eome, and throw their garlands wild 



And odorous branches at our feet ; the Nymphs 



Tiiat press with nimble step the mountain-thyme 



And jMirple heath-flower come not empty-handed, 



IJut 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 wliose smooth face 



They crop the lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the rijipling tide: the frozen poles, 



Where peril waits the bold adventurer's trwid, 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock tlieir secret stores 



And pay tlieir cheerful tribute. 



J. Tayi.or, Norivich, 1S18. 



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