TO

T.HA.E SU THOR

OF THE

POENFON THE EOVES OF THE PLANTS:

BY THE REN. W-. BB. SOEPHLENS.

Orr tho' thy genius, DARwiN! amply fraught With native wealth, explore new worlds of mind; Whencethebrightores of drofleſs wiſdom brought,

Stampt by the Muſe's hand, enrich mankind;

Tho' willing Nature to thy Curious eye, Involved in night, her mazy depths betray; Till at their ſource thy piercing ſearch deſcry The ſtreams, that bathe with Life our mortal clay;

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