 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...  Discovery: Or, The Spirit and Service of Science - Page 44by Sir Richard Gregory - 1916 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Education - 1880 - 472 pages
...invitation to Agassiz, as expressed by Longfellow : " Come, wander with me " she said, "Into regions y_et untrod, And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." The reasons for advocating a course of lessons in elementary science for our common schools are based... | |
 | American poetry - 1881 - 520 pages
...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...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 more wonderful song,... | |
 | Bliss Carman - American poetry - 1927 - 720 pages
...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...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 more wonderful song,... | |
 | University of Chicago - 1903 - 398 pages
...causes of the ice age and the constitution and origin of the universe are likewise epoch-making. " And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear...to him night and day The rhymes of the universe." And by reason of his clear interpretation of what he sees and hears and learns in his intellectual... | |
 | Bertha Johnston, E. Lyell Earle - Education - 1927 - 352 pages
...just where they are. If left to themselves, they may find her, for is she not their "kind nurse ? ' ' "And Nature, the old nurse took The child upon her...is a story-book, Thy Father has written for thee. " And again* frçfni our same sweet poet, Longfellow, listen as'he smgs: '". /*•*'. "Come to me,... | |
 | 606 pages
...great wide lecture- table which we call the world. Haven't you read Longfellow's lines about this ? " ' Come, wander with me,' she said, ' Into regions yet...and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang tu him night and day The rhymes of the universe. " And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began... | |
 | Maine. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1907 - 612 pages
...laboratory of the Experiment Station. They are the ones whom Nature, the old nurse, seems to take, saying : "Here is a story-book Thy Father has written...read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." I only wish that more of our young farmers could be here and listen to your words and profit by them.... | |
 | Henry Dewey Thompson - Geology - 1947 - 488 pages
...dignity. Those who espouse this study soon find themselves imbued with an inexorable urge to wander Into regions yet untrod: And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING ADAMS. Frank Dawson. The Birtl1 anrl Development n/ the Geological... | |
 | James McKeen Cattell - Electronic journals - 1918 - 588 pages
...the student of more mature years. The poet must have dreamed of some such condition when he wrote: 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... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1874 - 462 pages
...May 28, 1807, in the parish of Motiier, near Lake Xeufchatel, in Switzerland. Anil Nature, the '.lear old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying, "...Come, wander with me," she. said, . " Into regions yet uutrod, And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." He was of Huguenot descent, and his... | |
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