JEFFRIES WYMAK 



Died 4th September, 1874. 



The wisest man could ask no more of Fate 



Than to be simple, modest, manly, true, 



Safe from the Many, honored by the Few; 



Nothing to count in World, or Church, or State, 



But inwardly in secret to be great; 



To feel mysterious Nature ever new, 



To touch, if not to grasp, her endless clew, 



And learn by each discovery how to wait; 



To widen knowledge and escape the praise; 



Wisely to teach, because more wise to learn ; 



To toil for Science, not to draw men's gaze, 



But for her lore of self-denial stern ; 



That such a man could spring from our decays 



Fans the soul's nobler faith until it burn. 



J. R. L 



