Then, on thy canvas as they move and live,
While taste and genius guide the fair design,
And all the charms which Nature's works can give
With equal radiance in thy colours shine;
Amidst the praise thy country's sons extend,
The stranger's voice its warm applause shall blend.
J. E. R. [Jane Elizabeth Roscoe].
The Winter's Wreath, 1832.
AUDUBON
THE
NATURALIST