' 'Twas thus to man the voice of Nature spake : — 

 ' Go, from the creatures thy instructions take: 

 Learn from the Birds what food the thickets yield; 

 Learn from the Beasts the physic of the field; 

 The arts of building from the Bee receive; 

 Learn of the Mole to plough, the Worm to weave; 

 Learn of the little Nautilus to sail, 

 Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.' " 



