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an epigram in the newspaper about them. Mr. Pond had 

 published some remarks on the planet ' Venus,' and the wit 

 asked him, ' Why he troubled himself about Venus in the 

 skies, when he had got Venus beside him on earth ? ' ' ; 



The enthusiasm shown in Campbell's account of his inter- 

 view with Herschel, however, does not appear to have been so 

 lasting as could be wished. In his lines " To the Rainbow," 

 written six years after, in 1819, he says 



"When Science from Creation's face 



Enchantment's veil withdraws, 

 What lovely visions yield their place 

 To cold material laws ! " 



The idea, like the feet in the last line, is somewhat 

 halting. 



