"Omnea res croaUo .sunt cliviiirc sapicntiw ct |)utciiti:u testes, dirituc felicitjilis 

 hiiiimiuc: — t^x Imruiii usu //oHj/d^Crcatoris; ex pulcliritudiiic A<;^</fH/i(( JJoiniiii , 

 ex ueconomiA in conscrvntione, proportiono, reiiovalioDc, potcuiia iiiiijestatis 

 olucet. Eivruin itaquo inilagntio ub l)on»inibu3 sibi rclictis scinj)cr a'Slimata ; 

 a verc opmlilis et sapieiitibus semper cxcultu; male tloctis et barbaris semper 

 iiiiiiiica fuit." — Li.nn-«us. 



" Quel que soil le principe de la vie animale, il no faut qu'ouvrir les yeux pour 

 voir qu'olle est le chef-d'eeuvre de la Toutc-puissancc, et le but auquel sc rapi)or- 

 tent toutes ses operations." — Buucknek, Thiuric du Si/steme Aninud, Jx-jden, 

 1767. 



Tlie sylvan powers 



Obey our summons ; from their deepest dells 



The Dryads come, and thi'ow their garlands 



And odorous branches at our feet; the Nynq)h3 



That press with nimble st<?p the mountain-thyme 



And purple lieath-flower come not empty-handetl, 



liut scatter round ten thousand forms minute 



Of velvet moss or liclien, torn from rock 



Or rifted oak or cavern deep : the Naiads too 



Quit their loved native stream, from whose smooth faco 



Tliey crop the lily, and each sedge and rush 



That drinks the rippling tide : the frozen poles, 



Where peril waits the bold adventurer's tread, 



The burning sands of Borneo and Cayenne, 



All, all to us unlock their secret stores 



And pay tiieir cheerful tribute. 



J. TAvr.OR, Nonoicfi, \8\8. 



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