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wind or stream. As soon as it arrives within a 

 certain range of the female it obeys a new in- 

 fluence, and is instantly attracted to her in spite 

 of the opposition of both wind and tide a fact 

 that has been proved in many instances ; it then 

 showers on her the pollen, and having fulfilled 

 its mission, dies. 



E. Will you repeat the poem ? 



Offspring of the waters tell 



By what undiscovered spell, 



Thou art taught unmoved to rest 



On the waves inconstant breast 1 



When the rivers gnshing tide 



Rising high and ranging wide, 



Threats with overwhelming force, 



All that needs her headlong course, 



Still appears thy fragile head, 



Still thy flowers the wave o'erspread. 



Though the stream be sucked away 



By the summer's thirsty ray, 



'Till the meadow's children round 



Wither on the parching ground, 



Yet thy peaceful cheek I find, 



On its liquid couch reclined ; 



Whence the charm concealed and strange, 



Suiting thee to every change ? 



Lady, he who bade us dwell 

 Where the troubled waters swell; 

 Lent our stem a spiral power 

 Precious in the needful hour, 



