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Poems Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Fiftieth Birthday Of Agassiz

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

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Fiftieth Birthday Of Agassiz

It was fifty years ago In the pleasant month of May, In the beautiful Pays de Vaud, A child in its cradle lay.

And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying: 'Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee.'

'Come, wander with me,' she said, 'Into regions yet untrod; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God.'

And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe.

And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a ...

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