THE TALE OF THE FISHES 



And the blue sky, and in the mind of man: 

 A motion and a spirit, that impels 

 All thinking things, all objects of all thought. 

 And rolls through all things. Therefore I am still 

 A lover of the meadows and the woods, 

 And mountains, and of all that we behold 

 From this green earth — well pleased to recognize 

 In nature and the language of the sense. 

 The anchor of my purest thought, the nurse. 

 The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul 

 Of all my moral being." 



And this must be my apology for presenting the 

 pages that follow. 



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