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But the lord of the domain 

 Comes not to his own again : 

 When the eyes that follow fail, 

 On a vaster sea his sail 

 Drifts beyond our beck and hail. 

 Other lips within its bound 

 Shall the laws of life expound ; 

 Other eyes from rock and shell 

 Read the world's old riddles well : 

 But when breezes light and bland 

 Blow from Summer's blossomed land, 

 When the air is glad with wings. 

 And the blithe song-sparrow sings, 

 Many an eye with his still face 

 Shall the living ones displace, 

 Many an ear the word shall seek 

 He alone could fitly speak. 

 And one name forevermore 

 Shall be uttered o'er and o'er 

 By the waves that kiss the shore, 

 By the curlew's whistle sent 

 Down the cool, sea-scented air ; 

 In all voices known to her, 

 Nature owns her worshipper, 

 Half in triumph, half lament. 

 Thither Love shall tearful turn, 

 Friendship pause uncovered there, 

 And the wisest reverence learn 

 From the Master's silent prayer. 



The school was carried on with unflagging interest. 

 Agassiz lectured sometimes twice a day. Here were 

 Dr. Burt G. Wilder of Cornell, Professor A. S. Pack- 

 ard, Count Pourtal^s, Professor Guyot, E. S. Morse, 

 Alfred Mayer, F. W. Putnam — ^all distinguished men 

 in their various fields as instructors, whose lectures 

 were listened to with close attention. Among the 

 students were some of the leading naturalists of the 



