Excerpt from The Botanic Garden: A Poem, in Two Parts; Containing the Economy of Vegetation and the Loves of the Plants, With Philosophical Notes The general design of the following sheets is to inlist Imagination under the banner of Science; and to lead her votaries from the looser analogies, which dress out the imagery of poetry, to the stricter ones, which from the ratiocination of philosophy. While their particular design is to induce the ingenious to cultivate the knowledge of Botany, by introducing them to the vestibule of that delightful science, and recommending to their attention the immortal works of the celebrated Swedish Naturalist, Linneus. In the first Poem, or Economy of Vegetation, the physiology of Plant is delivered; and the operation of the Elements, as far as they may be supposed to affect the growth of Vegetables. In the second Poem, or love of the Plants, the Sexual System of Linneus is explained, with the remarkable properties of many particular plants. To the Author of the Poem on the Loves of the Plants By the Rev. W. B. Stephens. Oft though thy genius, Darwin! Apply fraught With native wealth, explore new worlds of mind; Whence the bright ores of drossless wisdom brought. Stampt by the Muse's hand, enrich mankind: Though 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; Though, boldly soaring in sublime mood Through trackless skies on metaphysic wings, Thou darest to scan the approachless cause of Good, [Things; And weigh with steadfast hand the sum of Yet wilt thou, charm'd amid his whispering bowers, Oft with lone step by glittering Derwent stray, Mark his green foliage, count his musky flowers, That blush or tremble to the rising; While Fancy, seated in her rock-roof'd deel, Listening the secrets of the vernal grove, Breathes sweetest strains to thy symphonious shell, And "gives new echoes to the throne of Love." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.